WEDDING PLANNERS
Today I am posting a collaborative piece pertaining to a genre of humorous poetry called “SENRYU” (A Japanese word ) I tried to know what exactly is a Senryu by going to the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senryu
Another useful and informative link is as under:
http://members.optushome.com.au/kazoom/poetry/senryu.html
I also came across a subject matter titled :
HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAIKU AND SENRYU ?
For an answer to this question readers can visit:
http://members.tripod.com/~Startag/HkSenDiff.html
The reason why I call this piece as WEDDING PLANNERS is that all the silly,sillier and silliest SENRYUs pertain to the theme of a wedding or a marriage between two persons.
The idea started from a poet named Gautam Nadkarni of Mumbai, who first posted two of his witty senryus in MUSE on 20th Feb 2009.These were as under:
1.poet’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for better or verse
2.baker’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for batter or worse
Mr Nadkarni invited other readers and members of Muse by saying :
“Friends, if you can think of equally silly or more ridiculous senryu please share them with our readers. Mr Broca, please oblige if possible.”
So,many of fellow MUSE-icians took up the challenge and it literally rained Senryus.
Here is a glimpse of it all:
3.Yankee’s wedding –
she accepts her man
jet-setter or worse (Gautam)
4.postman’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for letter or worse (Gautam)
5.doctor’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for better or nurse (Gautam)
6.pickpocket’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for better or purse (Gautam)
7.sorcerer’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for better or curse (Cheryl-Philippines)
8.swindler’s wedding-
she accepts her man
in sickness and in stealth (–do—)
9.pauper’s wedding –
she accepts her man
as debtor or worse (Gautam)
10.convict’s wedding –
she accepts her man
with fetters or worse (Gautam)
11.lovers’ wedding –
she accepts her man
love letters or worse (Gautam)
12.Cindrella’s wedding…
the stepmother wishes
bitter and worse (Apurva,Secunderabad)
13.Plumber’s wedding…
the flow of emotion
he fails to plug (J S Broca**)
14.Policeman’s wedding…
she gives green signal
at the cross roads! (—do—-**)
15.baldy’s wedding –
she accepts her man
heir or no hair
16.banker’s wedding –
she accepts her man
debit or credit
17.cricketer’s wedding –
she accepts her man
wicket or wicked
18.electrician’s wedding –
she accepts her man
light or heavy
19.lawyer’s wedding –
she accepts her man
black or white
20.politico’s wedding –
she accepts her man
power or pelf
21.software engineer’s wedding –
she accepts her man
softer or harder
22.teacher’s wedding –
she accepts her man
chalk or cheese
(15 to 22 by Atreya Sarma,Secunderabad)
23.surgeon’s wedding –
she accepts her man
bone-setter or worse
24.undertaker’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for better or hearse
25.rainmaker’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for wetter or worse
26.city-slicker’s wedding –
she accepts her man
go-getter or worse
(23 to 26 by Gautam)
27.Actor’s wedding
She accepts her man
Makeup off or on (or say—on or off camera)!
(Seshu Chamarty, Hyderabad)
28.doctor’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for pulse or worse
29.knitter’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for sweater or worse
30.painter’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for brush or crush
31.postman’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for letter or worse
32.scavenger’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for litter or worse
33.undertaker’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for hearse or worse
34.doctor’s wedding –
she accepts her man
patient or impatient
35.divorcee’s wedding –
she accepts her man
diverse or worse
36.tailor’s wedding –
she accepts her man
fitter or bitter
37.beggar’s wedding –
she accepts her man
leg or mug
(28 to 37 by Atreya Sarma Secunderabad)
38.Alice’s wedding –
she accepts her man
Mad Hatter or worse
39.stout man’s wedding –
she accepts her man
tho’ fatter or worse
(38 to 39 by Gautam Nadkarni, Mumbai)
Note:13 and 14 above are doctored versions of J S Broca’s following originals:(40 and 41)
40.plumber’s wedding,
she accepted,
without a peek at his’leak’
41.policeman’s wedding,
she accepted,
at the cross roads !
Here are some more by J S Broca:(42 to 56)
42.butcher’s wedding,
she accepted,
under the guillotine !
43.Harbhajan’s wedding-
cancelled,sir ji,
for she called him ‘Bhaaji’
(Bhaaji means brother in Punjabi)
44.a monkey’s wedding-
he “took” her on the
tree-top !
45.a Dog’s marriage.
he proposed.
bitch accepted-
in the manger !
46.Pilot’s wedding-
she accepted him
with his “joystick”
47.Dhobi’s wedding.
she accepted-with or
without his clothes !
48.Dhobi’s wedding-
yes she said-
she loved his dirty linen !
50.Banker’s wedding-
she accepted ‘advances’
and cheque books !
51.Mithaiwalas wedding-
both sweet
he her “laddu”
she his”jalebi”
52.Beggar man’s wedding
proposed and
accepted at the
traffic junction.
53.Joker’s wedding.
she accepted-
his poker face !
54.Lallu Yadav’s wedding-
“moo” said rabdi
in a bhains ka tabela !
55.Tart’s wedding-
he liked the smell (Or music ?)
of her fart !
56.Fruitsellers wedding–
She loved-his sweet
and soft banana !
57.playboy’s wedding –
she accepts her man
french letter or worse (Gautam)
Time now for a break.More in a day or two.Read and enjoy !!
As promised I post some more today (28th Feb 09)
58.stammerer’s wedding –
she accepts her man
with stutter or worse (Gautam)
59.drunk’s wedding –
she accepts her man
in the gutter or worse (Gautam)
60.jailer’s wedding-
she accepts her man
for fetter or worse (Cheryl)
61.dentist’s wedding-
she accepts her man
in sickness or bad breath (Cheryl)
62.blind girl’s wedding-
she accepts her man
no witness to his death (Cheryl)
63.sprinter’s wedding-
she accepts her man
for meter or hours (Cheryl)
64.lawyer’s wedding-
she accepts her man
in thickness or in wealth (Cheryl)
65.jester’s wedding-
she accepts her man
for laughter and farce (Cheryl)
66.Lawyer’s wedding
She accepts her man
With no wit nor witness (Mallick on Cheryl’s)
Still more from Gautam:
67.stammerer’s wedding –
she accepts her man
with a stutter or worse
68.drunk’s wedding –
she accepts her man
in a gutter or worse
69.punter’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for a flutter or worse
70.milkman’s wedding –
she accepts her man
with butter or worse
71.cameraman’s wedding –
she accepts her man
with a shutter or worse
72.tailor’s wedding –
she accepts her man
as cutter or worse
HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY THESE NEW ONES TOO !
