Senryu poetry, The old homestead left and forgotten
Leaving memories behind
Old homestead silent
Once alive with children's play
Bustling energy
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Weeds kneehigh unkept
Windowpane cracked and askew
Housepaint chipped peeling
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Chimney bricks aslant
Billowy wind free of smoke
Covered in green moss
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Tin lizzy rusted
Rubber tires nonexistent
Resting quietly
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Watermelon patch
Dormant embedded thicket
Grass brown and dying
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Old potbelly stove
Unlit on sagging back porch
Warmth unneeded
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The family gone
Leaving memories behind
Homestead forgotten.