Tanka, Zen and Senryu

Tanka

So they hung Saddam
The brutal, old dictator
But as they gloated
He faced the hangman bravely
That will be remembered.


Zen

with
a vicious
act.
2006
ended
as it
began



Senryu

Behind democracy.
Lurks pitiless high finance.
Your vote is a joke.


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