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scratches in my mind - perspective

Another inspirational, thought-provoking senryu

By Paul StewartPublished 7 days ago Updated 7 days ago 1 min read
scratches in my mind - perspective
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as death awaits us,

life continues, regardless,

until we perish

*

until we perish

life continues, regardless,

all is awaiting

*

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Author's Notes: Another thought-provoking, inspirational senryu duo for you all in this unexpected mini-series.

Below are the others in the "scratches in my mind" series so far:

performance poetryStream of Consciousnesssocial commentarySenryuinspirationalfact or fiction

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Paul Stewart

Scottish-Italian poet/writer from Glasgow.

Overflowing in English language torture and word abuse.

"Every man has a sane spot somewhere" R.L Stevenson

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Comments (7)

  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarran6 days ago

    Another Paulindrome! There I said it, hehehehehehe 🍩🥐

  • D.K. Shepard7 days ago

    Admire how you capitalize on the positioning of each word in these! Another triumph!

  • Christy Munson7 days ago

    As Rachael says, may you long remain itchy!

  • Rachel Deeming7 days ago

    I like these scratches. I hope you remain itchy.

  • Jess Boyes7 days ago

    Just keep going and see where it all takes us. Very nice, Paul.

  • Grz Colm7 days ago

    Inspiring- woop woop! There better be some good stuff up ahead then! 😄

  • John Cox7 days ago

    This reminded me of a favorite poetic line: ‘Because I could not stop for death, Death kindly stopped for me.’ All is awaiting. Hopeful and terrifying at the same time.

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