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🩷🍨💛SenHai Saturday #47 – Devised By Susi Bocks💛🍨🩷

#SenHai #Saturday #47 #poetry

Here is this week’s image to get your creative juices flowing! This picture features a flamingo dipping its beak into water. It has a black-and-white beak, toned-down pink feathers, and yellow eyes. The background is dark and blurry, the pool of water a bit lighter, showing the ripples outward where it dipped down for a drink.

Please create one senryu and one haiku to accompany this image prompt. Remember that traditional American haikus and senryus are three lines presented in a 5-7-5 syllabic pattern. The haiku describes nature or a season, and the senryu focuses on human nature and emotions.

Senryu #47

flamingo visits
rippling pool, yellow eye views
the photographer

Haiku #47

muted pink, yellow
eyed, the flamingo drinks his
fill - from the dark depths

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Carolyn Crossley VixenOfVerse

I am a poet and wellness writer, living in the North West of England in the UK. I live with my two cats, Miss Molly and Sooty. I enjoy having my poetry published, open mics, and being a member of writing groups. I adore horses. I am an hispanophile and still attend a Spanish improvers class. I lovereading and taking gentle walks in my local park and chair yoga.

6 responses to “🩷🍨💛SenHai Saturday #47 – Devised By Susi Bocks💛🍨🩷”

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  2. pedometergeek avatar
    pedometergeek

    Nice ‘ku there.

    1. Carolyn Crossley VixenOfVerse avatar
      Carolyn Crossley VixenOfVerse

      Thank you. I love Susi’s challenge. 🌿🦊❌️🌹❤️

  3. Susi Bocks avatar
    Susi Bocks

    Yes, the image does give the viewer the impression he feels watched! Excellent observation, Carolyn! Your interpretation of the image in the second is wonderful. 🙂

    1. Carolyn Crossley VixenOfVerse avatar
      Carolyn Crossley VixenOfVerse

      Thank you so much, Susi. I am doing NaPoWriMo this month. Writing 30 poems in 30 days to some challenging prompts, so the poetry is flowing! ❤️🌹❌️🦊🌿

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        Susi Bocks

        Wonderful, Carolyn! You’re welcome! Have fun this month. 🙂