Codgers?

Young codgers sixty -
or so; little codgers two.
Old codgers ninety. #Senryū

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Tulip mania:
Mad; Tulips expensive. Ergo
Worth a punt… Madder.! Senryū

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Sans sin! Redeemed?
Or no longer human beings?
Sin is redemption. Senryū

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Trivium

Trivia, goddess of magic ways,

Greek Hecate, tripad goddess,

of T- and Y-junctions:

not X, nor +, four path cross-roads,

nor ж, three roads, six-path meeting,

where gossips gather

trivia begins.

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Sausage rolls - de trop;
provided for a party;
never any left. #Senryū

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Tech Musical Chairs
Is in full swing, such fun! When
Will they see; no chairs? #Senryū

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Clockwork hurricanes
no longer North Atlantic;
Windy certainty. #haiku

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No hurricane yet?
October is very late!
El Niño mirage. #haiku

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Jamais vu

Timbuktu? Never
been. Like everywhere, almost.
Unvisited, still. #Senryū

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‘Special’ is special!
Hiding extreme coercion;
privilege, with odd. #senryū

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Fool's paradise? Stay!
Enjoy; until evicted
by reality. #senryū

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Chittering magpies
garden-whinging morning plaint;
loving cries, really. #senryū

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Yaking: bison not
buffalo, instead yakish
trison less one. #haiku

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Shall we dance? Why not!
Will we dance? Who knows? Future
dances, may not be. #senryū

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Private bête noire
are normal vices. Shared ones
a modern delight. #senryū

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Naïve realism.
opposite solipsism -
argues compromise. haiku

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Gring go makes no sense
in Spain, because it's foreign
nonsense; So, gringo. #haiku

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The tock ticked loudly
forgetting to clock; the job
of ticks is to tock. #haiku

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Ephemera are,
less ephemeral than just
one ephemeron. #haiku

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‘What’ is art. Sometimes.
‘When’ may be, ‘wherefore’ seldom.
Question: “How is art”. #senryū

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