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Xennial Texas-born Louisiana Creole 🤘🏾⚜️navigating Self and Life.
tanka/senryu poet
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巣立ちしたあとははじめの二羽になり
once the young have flown, it’s back to just the first two birds

- inoue kenkabo

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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美しく花屋は二本 まけて行き
the flower seller, with grace, lets two stems go for free

- Inoue Kenkabo

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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見ただけで碑文は読まず皆通り
All just glance at the monument and pass by without reading the inscription

-Inoue Kenkabo

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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かせぐ気になったとぬかす年の暮れ
Year’s end—he boasts he’s finally ready to earn a living.

- Inoue Kenkabo

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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貸す時も貸さない時も鬼にされ
Whether I lend it or refuse, they still paint me as the devil

- Inoue Kenkabo

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Japanese original:
突き進むにぎりこぶしへ当る風

The wind strikes my clenched fist as I charge ahead

Inoue Kenkabō

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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ちと金が出来てマルクス止めにする
I’ve got a little money, so I’ll quit reading Marx

- Inoue Kenkabō

#senrfyh-
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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ちと金が出来てマルクス止めにする
I’ve got a little money, so I’ll quit reading Marx

- Inoue Kenkabō

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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笑うにも泣くにも顔は一つなり
For laughing or for crying, there is only one face

- Inoue Kenkabō

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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古池へ飛ばず残ったひきがえる
The toad stays behind, not leaping into the old pond

- Inoue Kenkabō

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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人間の知恵は人間だけの知恵
Human wisdom is wisdom for humans alone

- Inoue Kenkabō

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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活眼をひらくとゴミが目にはいり
When I open my eyes wide, a speck of dust greets me

-Inoue Kenkabō

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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withthecoming ofredpoppies feelingwhimsical #senryu
November 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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after working overnight / still awake! / what an idiot! #senryu
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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部屋ふたり最期の言葉ひとり言
In a room, two people—my final words spoken alone

株式会社名優 — Kabushiki Kaisha Meiyū

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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暁をいだいて闇にみる蕾
Embracing the dawn—a bud glimpsed in the darkness

- tsuru akira

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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A recruitment notice—yet all the factory girls die of lung disease

- akira tsuru

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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At Tamanoi — what became of the ‘model female worker

- akira tsuru

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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日々成長育じい日記三冊目
Growing day by day— Grandpa’s child-raising diary, volume three

井上信子（大阪府高石市） — Nobuko Inoue (Takaishi City, Osaka Prefecture)

#senryu
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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in this
unprofitable marriage
our days spent
walking pass each other
in this icy silence

#tanka
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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her profile in
early morning sun
strained hands
kneading dough

#tanka
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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near the gate pausing to respond to a text #senryu
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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this senryu world even roadside construction is a sermon #senryu
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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bane of my existence, slow movin' morning traffic #senryu
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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buying muscatel workshift over i hurriedly depart for home #senryu
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM