Category: Senryu Poems About Age, Sickness, and Death

Aging writer
Shortened
pencil

Aging writer
Sharpened
pencil

Fine condition
Old man reading
an old book

Poor condition
Old man reading
an old book

Rare find
Young man
reading an old book

My birthday today
Highway
speed limit

Follow the highway
speed limit
A birthday today

Ignore that highway
speed limit
A birthday today

I am the highway
speed limit
A birthday today

Scoliosis
That hollow pole
in my back

The unblessed
sneeze
Cold war

Dressed in black
Snapping her gum
at his funeral

Double doors
opened wide
The coffin

Donkey stopped
in the rain
My birthday

Vaccine
Greased up
for the big fight

His old coat
Heartbeat
gone