Goodnight
(Quite possibly a series of senryus)
Let night break gentle
on your brow and wipe away
cares as it enfolds.
Toss your wishes high
so like the stars they scatter
and night might gather.
Night holds your wishes
in its pocket, kept there safe
’till day unlocks it.
Sleep now, wish no more
let cares slide between the boards
as bright dreams take wing.
Let sunlight hold you;
no nightmare can behold you;
sleep now, dreams shield you.
Fly amid the stars
where wishes made become true;
wake to wish granted.
Sunlight breaks gently
on your brow and embraces
dreams as it enfolds.
WOW! This was a series of treats! Beautiful Melinda! I must say encore! 🙂
Thank you 🙂 it was my first foray into this form. I may do more. I like it.
Stunning, Melinda! You had me from ‘Let night break gentle’ – wow, that is as good a start to a poem as any I’ve ever read. Breath-taking 😀
Thank you 🙂 That line just popped into my head out of nowhere. I’m so glad it did.
Me too!
😀
Beautifully written 😉 It put a smile on my face, thank you for sharing!
Sabrina – http://OrganicIsBeautiful.com
You’re welcome 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed.
It’s before dawn and your lovely Senryu has made me sleepy all over again! 🙂
Thank you! I just wanted to wish everyone a good night and I have been challenged to write senryus…and after writing twitter tweets my brain was all fired up for 17 syllables of whimsy and good wishes 🙂
That was evident in your words!
😀 I’d hoped so but it was late and my mind had run off with my fingers… 🙂
A beautiful good night wish in perfect senryu form!!!!! Well-done, Melinda. 🙂
Thank you! I have learned from reading your senyus. You have taught me well. Thank you!
You are welcome, Melinda…glad my little scribbles could help 🙂
They always do and the reading of then brings smiles
🙂
A perfect read after a very-very long day. I hope all is well with you, Melinda. I miss our chats. <3
I’m good and I’m glad this gave you a smile 🙂 We must chat soon! I miss our chats as well but I know that we’re accumulating good stuff to chat about. Until then my friend, rest well!
Lovely lines. And indeed these are senryus. You see the point of difference between a haiku and senryu is that haiku essentially has a “kigo” which means seasonal word, while a senryu has more to do with emotions and abstract thoughts. Haiku of course of the mother of all. Then there’s tanka (literally short song) which is like a senryu but with two additional 7-7 lines. A choka (long song) is a longer version of a tanka.
You’ve done fantastically, take a now each for every verse.
Thank you for your comment, compliment and explanation. 🙂 I appreciate and am grateful for all you have said.
You are most welcome. Couldn’t help it, your senryus were so beautiful.
Yay! I love comments. 🙂
Oh no! I might fall asleep again because of the beauty of your words and you calming lullaby-like rhythm! <3
A lovely series of Senryu, my dear Melinda. What wonderful words to read during my couple minutes break. As sleep deprived as I am, it’s not nighty night for me, I still have a long day ahead of me yet 🙂 I miss our chats. Have a good night’s rest.
Thank you! I wasn’t certain if these were senryus. Thanks for confirming that they are. I too miss our chats. We shall have another soon! Have a good day my friend! Work only as hard as you must not as hard as they wish. 🙂 Stay sane!
I’m sure these are Senryus 😀 I’m not the expert lol. I love them so they could be anything 🙂
Thank you! I love them too. The blogosphere seemed in need of good wishes last night.
It still does! At least here in my part of the world 🙂
😀 yay You have a good night. I won’t be able to pop on twitter 🙁 I have to go do some work now. But I will catch you soon!
Thank you 🙂 We’ll catch up soon! Enjoy your Wednesday!
You too, enjoy what’s left of it!