Three Holiday Senryu

by

John J. Dunphy

Published in Five Fleas, 12.26.23

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post-holiday thaw

only my snowman

losing weight

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sanctified ice

church’s holy water

during the power outage

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cemetery

on each child’s grave

a candy cane

John J. Dunphy’s poetry collections include Old Soldiers Fading Away, Zen Koanhead, Touching Each Tree, pagan rites, Bullet Cluster, Stellar Possibility and Dark Nebulae. He is also the author of non-fiction works such as Unsung Heroes of the Dachau Trials: The Investigative Work of the U.S. Army 7708 War Crimes Group, 1945–1947.