An exercise with the red color.

In Spain, our poppy flowers are red. When I was little, I gathered poppy buds. When you pull the petals down, they look like ballerinas. The buds had many different colors. I never knew what I was going to find. I always have been a loner introvert and I spent most of my days exploring the fields, picking flowers for my mom, and building playhouses of whatever nature had to offer.

SENRYU is a Japanese short unrhymed poem that uses imagistic language to express the essence of a deeply felt moment in time. Unlike Haiku, senryu is about human nature and doesn't need a season word. It's written in 17 syllables OR LESS and three lines. For Senryu you don't need a season word (Kigo).
the haiku foundation senryu rules

Thank you for reading and reviewing my poem.

Gypsy

Pictures from Pinterest account and Google public domain. The presentation and poem created by Gypsy Blue Rose (c) copyright

Poem in Black Font
she bathes
in crimson dusk
at eventide


scarlet lips
kiss the blood moon
over waterfalls


playfully
she hangs cherry pairs
on her ears


lying on poppy fields
midst childhood dreams
of flower ballerinas

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