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Read Morehe asks, how do you like sex?i like it infrequentlythat’s one word or two?rwjenkins©2025
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Thank you, Fia, for lookin-in! 🌺
I thought you might get a giggle outta this-un.
It’s from the examples in our new Senryu lesson … I look forward to receiving yours. ; )Be mindful who you date … LOLOL! ⁓ Rascal🖌
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Cleverly penned, Rascal. Excellent write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Hey, Damian! 👋
Hope you’re doing well, M’Friend.
Senryus can be fun … you should try one from my latest lesson on the “Back to Poetry Basics” group: https://starsrite.com/groups/back-to-basics/Thank you so much for your great review and gracious accolades! ⁓ Rascal🖌
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RICHARD "Rascal" JENKINS posted in the group ”BACK TO POETRY BASICS”
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SESSION FOUR
Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
This session will be on the Japanese Senryu form.~———————————•§•———————————~
SENRYU 川柳
(sin-rew)A Japanese 3-line, unrhymed form of mostly human theme, similar to the Haiku in that it consists of 3-lines of 5/7/5 syllables each, completely without punct…Read More
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SPECIAL NOTES:
[example 1, of course, violates the no rhymes rule, but I wanted to show it anyway as a possibility of using the basic Senryu format’s flexibility]
[examle 3 | repeated from above in proper format]
K A T A N A
sharp samurai soul
forged folded tempered by fire
victorious dreams
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RICHARD "Rascal" JENKINS posted in the group ”BACK TO POETRY BASICS”
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SESSION THREE
Wednesday, November 11th, 2025
This session will be on the Free Verse form.~———————————•§•———————————~
FREE VERSE
Because its unrhymed without a set meter or syllable count, the Free Verse is considered the most versatile poetic forms, but to be powerfully effective, t must flow smoothly…Read More
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RICHARD "Rascal" JENKINS posted in the group ”BACK TO POETRY BASICS”
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SESSION THREE
Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
This session (by request) will be on the Japanese Haiku form.Haiku 俳句
(by Western rules)An unrhymed Japanese poetic form recording or expressing the essence of a moment, that at fist blush might appear to be quite simple, yet is far from it. Still, it is far l…Read More
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RICHARD "Rascal" JENKINS posted in the group ”BACK TO POETRY BASICS”
Submittted by: Twofiftythree
SENT 23 HOURS, 20 MINUTES AGO
think I got it with this one…the world goes quiet when I think of you
as if the noise remembers to be kind
the pulse slows down the edges soften too
and somethin steadier begins to bindI’ve spent my life in motion hard and fast
chasin the fire never once the pea…Read More - Load More Posts
Hahah, that’s funny.