Famous Senryu Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Senryu poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous senryu poems. These examples illustrate what a famous senryu poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Kobayashi Issa
Don't worry, spiders,
I keep house
casually....Read more of this...
by
James A Emanuel
"Love Supreme," JA-A-Z train,
tops. prompt lightning-express, but
made ALL local stops....Read more of this...
by
Matsuo Basho
Teeth sensitive to the sand
in salad greens--
I'm getting old....Read more of this...
by
Yosa Buson
The end of spring--
the poet is brooding
about editors....Read more of this...
by
Matsuo Basho
The morning glory also
turns out
not to be my friend....Read more of this...
by
Kobayashi Issa
All the time I pray to Buddha
I keep on
killing mosquitoes....Read more of this...
by
Kobayashi Issa
Napped half the day;
no one
punished me!...Read more of this...
by
Kobayashi Issa
How much
are you enjying yourself,
tiger moth?...Read more of this...
by
Carl Sandburg
WISHES left on your lips
The mark of their wings.
Regrets fly kites in your eyes....Read more of this...
by
Yosa Buson
My arm for a pillow,
I really like myself
under the hazy moon....Read more of this...
by
Kobayashi Issa
Approaching my village:
Don't know about the people,
but all the scarecrows
are crooked....Read more of this...
by
Kobayashi Issa
The man pulling radishes
pointed my way
with a radish....Read more of this...
by
Kobayashi Issa
In these latter-day,
Degenerate times,
Cherry-blossoms everywhere!...Read more of this...
by
Matsuo Basho
Bush warbler:
shits on the rice cakes
on the porch rail....Read more of this...
by
Kobayashi Issa
Pissing in the snow
outside my door--
it makes a very straight hole....Read more of this...
by
Kobayashi Issa
Children imitating cormorants
are even more wonderful
than cormorants....Read more of this...
by
Kobayashi Issa
Face of the spring moon--
about twelve years old,
I'd say....Read more of this...
by
Matsuo Basho
Wrapping the rice cakes,
with one hand
she fingers back her hair....Read more of this...
by
Kobayashi Issa
Last time, I think,
I'll brush the flies
from my father's face....Read more of this...
by
Matsuo Basho
Fleas, lice,
a horse peeing
near my pillow....Read more of this...
by
Kobayashi Issa
Having slept, the cat gets up,
yawns, goes out
to make love....Read more of this...
by
Kobayashi Issa
No doubt about it,
the mountain cuckoo
is a crybaby....Read more of this...
by
Kobayashi Issa
This moth saw brightness
in a woman's chamber--
burnt to a crisp....Read more of this...
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