8 February 2024 (Olduvai Gorge)

A little wordplay from when I was half-awake in the wee hours last night:

Olduvai Gorge

the great rift between us

and our ancestors

7 February 2024 (the new doctor)

the new doctor

doesn’t introduce herself . . .

antiseptic sky

14 June 2022 (lupine)

a field of blue lupines . . .

steeling myself

for the confrontation

3 December 2021 (Christmas by the Sea)

harbor town holiday

Santa arrives

by lobster boat

9 September 2021 (earshot)

within earshot

two women speed-walking

through gender politics

22 August 2021 (cigar)

a long cigar stub

crushed in beach sand

vacationland

3 July 2021 (no fireworks)

no fireworks

we binge-watch

a rom-com

2 July 2021 (pie)

pie a la mode

the waitresses dish

about the bad tipper

11 June 2021 (lost cats)

one town runs into another

every mile a different

lost cat poster

9 April 2021 (foil)

head wrapped in foil

the conspiracy theories

of my hairdresser

Note: While this senryu was inspired by today’s visit to the hair salon, I want to make clear that my actual hairdresser is not a conspiracy theorist!

8 February 2021 (lichen)

lichen-covered branches . . .

the expanding blooms

of her sleeve tattoo