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His Majesty

Written for SenHai Saturday where our host,
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.
Here’s where the image took me.

© Rod Long @ Unsplash

neck stretched toward glory
convinced he’s the handsomest….
the pelican’s truth


 


pale sky holds its breath
long bill parting pink from pink….
one eye sees it all

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This is “Pelicans We” by Cosmo Sheldrake

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22 thoughts on “His Majesty”

    1. That song was a real find, and the guy who recorded it played it all on his own. There was a live version of the song on YouTube which I thought about using, but it was much too long; it showed Cosmo Sheldrake creating all the different sounds on his sound machine and putting it all together. It was really quite fascinating. Thanks very much for your comments, Lisa.

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    1. Thanks so much, Ange. I’m very glad you enjoyed it. There was a live version of this video which was so entertaining, seeing how Cosmo Sheldrake put this song together as a one man act. I didn’t use it simply because it was much too long. I thought this was a cool little video.

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