SenHai Saturday #25

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Here is this week’s image to get your creative juices flowing!

From the photographer – “The sun is setting over a snowy landscape. A stunning sunset over the vast dunes of White Sands National Park, casting a gentle glow on the rippling sand and sparse vegetation.”

Please create one senryu and one haiku to accompany this image prompt. Remember that a traditional haiku describes nature or a season, while a senryu focuses on human nature and emotions.

Then, provide a link in the comments below or ping back to this post on your blog.

Here is a wrap-up of last week’s prompt. I appreciate each of you for sharing your thoughts!

I encourage everyone to read the contributions this week. The caliber of the writing was stunning!

Misky – 1.11: Journal of Thoughts

Eugenia – #SenHai Saturday – 11/1/25

Carolyn – SenHai Saturday #24

Nolcha – Alone

Carol Anne – Sen-hai Saturday #24

AJ – SenHai Saturday

Ben – 3.11.25 — Haiku/Senryu

Sheila – sunrise

Lisa – The Sun Winks

Destiny – #sun-lit#

Punam paeansunplugged
you see loneliness
I am made of sterner stuff
leaders stand alone

as the sun goes down
branches raised in supplication
will the moon oblige

Sadje – Standing Tall

Violet – Crowning Achievements

Exhaustipated 2.0

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i felt hopeful once
bring your strength to the table
you cannot falter

but

it’s just not in me
too tired to care anymore
leave me alone please


The Masks We Wear

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Inspired by Reena’s Xploration Challenge #406

the external mask
it is a comfort to shield
when off, more guarded

We Did It!

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steadily churning
set-backs never held us down
the end goal achieved

Til We Meet Again

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Redux

Inspired by Free Verse Revolution

far-away friend
i’m crying
in preparation
for our next
goodbye

Originally published 4/10/2019 on I Write Her.

Instinct

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Inspired by What do you see #313

bird flies happily
watchful eye ready to pounce
prey is saved for now

The Sisters Of The True Faith

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“The injustice of it all! You do remember the cruelty we endured?” asked Paul. “The nuns claiming their faith made them pure, their crazy ideas, all rubbish! Sure wished we had more strength back then to resist what they forced down our throats.”

The group of men looked around at each other, silently agreeing with Paul. Thankfully, they made their escape to a better life, though the nun’s words still echoed through their minds. Like the plague, they couldn’t shake off their past, but their experience created a bond—a unity that stood the test of time.

Well, until Peter’s arrest.

Inspired by The Sunday Whirl – Wordle #703

SenHai Saturday #24

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Here is this week’s image to get your creative juices flowing!

This week’s image is of a single tree in a desolate area, with the sun setting behind it and a mountain range in the background.

Please create one senryu and one haiku to accompany this image prompt. Remember that a traditional haiku describes nature or a season, while a senryu focuses on human nature and emotions.

Then, provide a link in the comments below or ping back to this post on your blog.

Here is a wrap-up of last week’s prompt. I appreciate each of you for sharing your thoughts!

**To all my micro-poetry lovers on this prompt, if you haven’t sent in a submission to this cycle of The Short of It, and you want to, just a reminder: there’s still time, but we are getting close to capacity. Don’t be shy, you are ALL worthy of being a part of this little project!

Shalini – Saturday

Eugenia – #SenHai Saturday – 10/25/25

Tina – alarm bells & devious beauty

AJ – SenHai Saturday

Heather – Revolving or Evolving

Carolyn – SenHai Saturday #23

Carol Anne – Sen-Hai Saturday #23

Nolcha – Dancing in the Moonlight

Misky – 26.10: SenHai #23

Lisa – Heavenly Orb

Dwight – Molten Moon

Violet – Celestial Core

Sadje – Streaming light

Resignation

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is it giving up if
the fucks have disintegrated
when the situation has
broken your mind
your body
and your feelings
until numbness
is all there is left
when something is so undesirable
the outcome seems inevitable
prudent even

Being Not Monsters

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Inspired by Reena’s Xploration Challenge #405

all humans are capable of being monsters

and we hope we’d know
if they were

the deceivers will display the opposite of appropriate
a caricature of reality
a physical trickery

the good will always be angels
those we can trust
fall into for recovery
know we’d found a safe space

deception is always a possibility
but knowing the truth brings us security
a feeling of trust
and a foundation of ease
the chaos falls away

there is a fearlessness of honesty
a fortitude of genuine display
a calmness rippling throughout
again, fortitude presented during tough times
a gallantry possessed and exhibited
and an intrepidity aggressively laying claim to integrity

conscience stops us from crossing the lines of indecency