3 Random Senryu

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Joanna M. Weston

The senryu that follow are random thoughts, memories, jottings made over
the day while staring at rain and a dripping gutter: everyday meanders against a background of ordinary West Coast weather …

 

initials carved                                   
on a school desk –
social studies

*****

prayer flags flutter
outside the window –
I count my blessings

*****

my changed perspective –
the curtain shifts
in a draught

A
A

Frame and the McGuireFrame and The McGuire – ‘… a gentle yet striking novel about the way our perception influences our judgement of others.’ Amy Mathers. For ages 8-13 … published by Tradewind Books available on Amazon or your local bookstore.

About Joanna M. Weston

Born in England, she lives in British Columbia. She is married with three sons, Joanna has an MA from the University of British Columbia. She has published in numerous anthologies and in magazines in Canada, the US, UK, and New Zealand, such as Canadian Women's Studies, Convolvus, Endless Mountains Review, Grain, Green's Magazine, Prairie Fire, Spin, Wascana Review, CBC Gallery, and many more...
This entry was posted in poem, prayer, school, wind and tagged , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

2 Responses to 3 Random Senryu

  1. Francine Wallace says:
    November 15, 2017 at 1:01 pm

    few words say it all:

    prayer flags flutter
    outside the window –
    I count my blessings

    Reply
  2. Joanna M. Weston says:
    November 18, 2017 at 9:59 am

    Thank you, Francine, like you I’m thankful everyday for so many things.

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s