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A STUDY OF TRUE SENRYU
UGACHI
Susumu Takiguchi, UK



A STUDY OF TRUE SENRYU.(PART I): UGACHI (3)
Now a selection of WHCsenryu members' works which I think contain UGACHI to varying degrees:

 

[2]  WHCsenryu Members' Senryu Works


retirement—
why is youth wasted
on the young

Darrell Byrd, US


breakfast together—
the silence about things
that matter

Carol Raisfeld, US

     
refurbished soba shop—
tempura prawns have gone smaller
under the chandelier

Shuichi Sakane, JP


getting old
I notice the plum blossoms
after they fall

Richard Krawiec, US


she talks without thinking
he thinks without talking
long, long, winter nights

Eric Houck, Jr., US


lawsuit
over the dog bite—
a burglar

Dave Bacharach, US


his spirit . . .
the last to leave
the funeral

Carol Raisfeld, US


mourning widow—
the candle's tears
dry by morning

Carol Raisfeld, US


discipline problem—
his grandmother meets
with the Principal

Dave Bacharach, US

 

READ: A STUDY OF TRUE SENRYU, PART II : FRAGMENTARY OBSERVATIONS (1)
 

for more on ugachi, read WHCsenryu Special Feature: BAKUMATSU AND MEIJI UNDERGROUND VERSE FORMS by Professor Dean Brink, US

 

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