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8th Oct 2023. 1 min read
(Published in The Power of Poetry)
If you still have dreams
You will not have time to age
Realize your dreams now
(A senryu poem is a three-line unrhymed Japanese poetic form similar to haiku usually in a satiric or ironic vein. Haiku focuses on nature, senryu is concerned with human nature and its foibles.
Like Haiku, it consists of 17 syllables, divided over three lines in a 5–7–5 pattern)
1st October 2023. 1 min read
In times of trouble
Don’t let your anger or fear bubble
Keep your wits around you
Let not your anxiety stew
It’s not the money that you amass
Nor the beauty that you possess
But when beset with stress
It’s the ability to decompress
That’s the mark of maturity
Only you will find in you, an inner security
For the true winner can keep his calm
And nothing can cause him alarm
Instead he looks for hints of light
That would make his choices bright
He tackles smoothly any calamity
And alleviate even overcome his adversity
But the true winner has one more trait
He never fail to smile through it
His coolness makes others wonder
Does he ever ever flounder?