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Short Verses & Other Curses 002*

March 29, 2025 by Kurt

time's relentless pace
truth content in slow pursuit
where has wisdom gone?

SHORT VERSES & OTHER CURSES by Kurt Brindley
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*if you haven’t yet guessed, these videos are becoming a thing around here…

Categories Poetry Tags angst, animation, existentialism, haiku, madding crowd, philosophy, poetry, poetry books, senryū, time, wisdom, writing, 俳句, 川柳 6 Comments

Short Verses & Other Curses 001

March 29, 2025March 25, 2025 by Kurt

Well, technically it’s a senryū not a haiku but I’m guessing more than a few of us may not know the difference between the two.

Or, maybe we do…

Categories Poetry Tags animation, cartoons, existential crisis, existentialism, haiku, humor, philosophy, poetry, senryū, writing, zen, 俳句, 川柳 Leave a comment

verse / 20240326

March 26, 2024 by Kurt
spring winds sing cold / 
branches yet to bud sway, hum / 
winter's last refrain 
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verse / 20240320

March 20, 2024 by Kurt
life isn't all pain / 
sometimes there are calls to smile / 
winter's end is one
Categories Poetry Tags haiku, poetry, senryū, vernal equinox, 俳句, 川柳 2 Comments

verse / 20231118

November 18, 2023 by Kurt
the last slice of bread / 
alone in the flaccid bag / 
unfit for the host

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verse / 20231117

November 18, 2023November 17, 2023 by Kurt
nothing I can do / 
could ever matter as much / 
as a stream's passing

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Categories Poetry Tags haiku, lpoetry, senryū, 俳句, 川柳 1 Comment

verse / 20231115

November 18, 2023November 15, 2023 by Kurt
the morphine drips drops / 
drips drops so buena buena / 
so fucking buena

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verse / 20231114

November 18, 2023November 14, 2023 by Kurt
eyes down, collar up / 
shearing headwinds cut the pace / 
woe, I can’t turn back 

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verse / 20231112

November 18, 2023November 12, 2023 by Kurt
the journey is long / 
peril awaits every turn / 
alas, ‘tis the end

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Categories Poetry Tags haiku, poetry, senryū, 俳句, 川柳 2 Comments

verse / 20231110

November 18, 2023November 10, 2023 by Kurt
dawn succeeds the night / 
and birds sing for its glory / 
but for falling bombs

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