SENRYŪ Archive

SENRYŪ: a 3-line unrhymed Japanese poem structurally similar to haiku but treating human nature usually in an ironic or satiric vein (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2007.)
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February 4
Greed has no friends
Just allies
Ask the Senate President

January 28
Freed child rapist
Freed priest killer
Politics at its finest

January 21
People Power
3rd time
a charm?

January 14
Frenzied religious procession
No police cordon in sight
Until people call for GMA’s ouster

January 7
54 presidential advisers
1 for each week of the year
with 2 to spare

January 2
As the dawn of the new year breaks
the evils of the same regime remain
Happy New Year!

December 17
Dwindling professionals and skilled workers
Depleted financial resources
Climate change now

December 10
Protest march from Bukidnon to Manila
Junket trip from Manila to Europe
Looking out for your people’s welfare

December 4
Electoral fraud, massive corruption
Extrajudicial killings, rising poverty
Dissent without action is consent

November 26
Dollar dips
Prices of oil & commodities hike
Feeling the GMA economic boom

November 20
Recent booms
literal and figurative
Government takes selective credit

November 5
OFW remittance boycott
If the OFWs only knew
How much power they could really wield

October 29
Money bags and terror bombs
Pardons and bribes
How cheaters survive

October 15
Government leaders taking bribes
Church leaders taking bribes
Steering a country without a moral compass

October 8
The Daily Glo
THE desperate housewife
that needs to be banned

October 1
GMA criticizes Burma
for loss of democracy and peace
The pot calls the kettle black

September 24
Wanted immediately:
Whistle blowers
Co-conspirators welcome

September 17
Wow Philippines!
Where cheaters rule & contracts disappear
Where plunderers are offered amnesty

September 10
Accusations and allegations
Reruns and remakes
Let the Senate shows begin

September 6
Golf and girls
Broadband and bribe
Duck and deny

September 3
The economy is thriving
the government boasts
The people are hungry and leaving

August21
The martyr dies
The people celebrate
the death anniversary

August 16
Storms Start
Floods Flow
Blame Begins

August 13
war gains
fighting 21st century wars
with World War II armaments

August 7
Catch-22
OFWs in Iraq
OFWs back in the Philippines

July 30
Cinemalaya
Cinemanila
Bastá, cinelagi

July 25
Arrogant leader
Boasts roads and ports
To the homeless and hungry

July 20
Fearful leader
Blind to fault
Sees only loyalty

July 18
Activists missing
Military investigates
Get a mirror

July 16
New Anti-terror Act
Military the same
Nothing new to fear

July15
Roll On Roll Off
Coming and going is easy
Until it tilts

July 13
Elections over
Corruption never
Pointless

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