Senryu Songs
written by: Michael J Leach
@m_jleach
I
I wipe my sunnies—
‘Sunshine on a Rainy Day’
by Christine Anu
II
seventies-themed function—
‘Time’
by Pink Floyd
III
eighties-themed function—
‘Time after Time’
by Cyndi Lauper
IV
daylight savings ends…
‘If I Could Turn Back Time’
by Cher
V
I adjust the mic—
‘Time to Pretend’
by MGMT
VI
I take a call—
‘The Right Time’
by The Corrs
VII
last pot at the pub—
‘Closing Time’
by Semisonic
VIII
scrawling a senryu—
‘One Moment in Time’
by Whitney Houston
IX
a sequence forms—
‘Times Like These’
by Foo Fighters
X
moonbow on Halloween—
‘No Time to Die’
by Billie Eilish
Michael J. Leach lives on unceded Dja Dja Wurrung Country in Strathfieldsaye, Australia. Michael’s poems have appeared in journals such as Cordite Poetry Review, exhibitions such as the Antarctic Poetry Exhibition, anthologies such as Poetry d’Amour 2022: Love Poems (WA Poets Inc., 2022), and his two poetry books: Chronicity (Melbourne Poets Union, 2020) and Natural Philosophies (Recent Work Press, 2022). Michael’s poems have also won or been shortlisted/commended in the UniSA Mental Health and Wellbeing Poetry Competition (2015), Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine (2021), Minds Shine Bright Confidence Writing Competition (2022), and Woollahra Digital Literary Award (2023). During 2024, he will publish two new poetry books through In Case of Emergency Press and Ginninderra Press.
Latest posts by Michael J. Leach (see all)
- Senryu Songs - May 22, 2024
- Sunday Morning Flight - January 28, 2024
- One Halloween - October 29, 2023
