In honor of National Poetry Month (again), I thought I’d write another haiku, but then A Lotus pointed out to me that when the seventeen syllables focus on human irony and interactions, it’s more accurately called “Senryu.” According to Wikipedia, Senyru are more “darkly humorous.” Since that is my intention in the following verse, I think this is probably a Senryu. Any thoughts and pointers on what the different forms “require” would help me.

Weather Means More (Now that I Have a Yard): A Senryu

I groan and dawdle
on Saturdays clear and bright:
weeds mock and taunt me.

(It’s my third month of having a yard, and I’m beginning to dislike yard work already!)

The prompt is from April’s Café Writing, In the Garden: Option One Poetry

Weather means more when you have a garden. There’s nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans.
~Marcelene Cox

Using the quotation above as your inspiration, write a poem (any form is fine) about weather meaning more

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