AtreyaSarma Uppaluri (Hyderabad, AP, India)
Silly Senryu: Weddings Galore
1
baldy’s wedding –
she accepts her man
heir or no hair
2
banker’s wedding –
she accepts her man
debit or credit
3
barber’s wedding –
she accepts her man
with scissors or worse
4
batsman’s wedding –
she accepts her man
hitter or worse
5
beggar’s wedding –
she accepts her man
leg or mug
6
butcher’s wedding –
she accepts her man
with knife or no life
7
cinema operator’s wedding –
she accepts her man –
for projector or worse
8
cricketer’s wedding –
she accepts her man
wicket or wicked
9
divorcee’s wedding –
she accepts her man
diverse or worse
10
doctor’s wedding –
she accepts her man
patient or impatient
11
doctor’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for pulse or worse
12
electrician’s wedding –
she accepts her man
light or heavy
13
farmer’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for tractor or worse
14
humorist’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for laughter or worse
15
jeweller’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for glitter or worse
16
knitter’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for sweater or worse
17
lawyer’s wedding -
she accepts her man
black or white
18
metallurgist’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for smelter or worse
19
moralist’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for character or worse
20
painter’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for brush or crush
21
peasant’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for love or plough
22
politico’s wedding –
she accepts her man
power or pelf
23
postman’s wedding -
she accepts her man
for letter or worse
24
scavenger’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for litter or worse
25
singer’s wedding –
she accepts her man
with pitch or worse
26
snowman’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for winter or worse
27
software engineer’s wedding –
she accepts her man
softer or harder
28
stringer’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for newsletter or worse
29
swimmer’s wedding –
she accepts her man
wetter or worse
30
tailor’s wedding –
she accepts her man
fitter or bitter
31
tailor’s wedding –
she accepts her man
fitter or bitter
32
teacher’s wedding –
she accepts her man
chalk or cheese
33
undertaker’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for hearse or worse
34
writer’s wedding –
she accepts her man
for chapter or worse
[Feb 20,21 & 23,2009: : Hyderabad – 500 056]
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I found your poem to be rather humorous. I never thought of weddings like that. You made my day!
this reminds me of a song...we used to sing in school....
'if i were a single man and
if i were to marry.....'
this song would vary with age groups