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senryu

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sen-re-(?)ü plural senryu

a 3-line unrhymed Japanese poem structurally similar to haiku but treating human nature usually in an ironic or satiric vein

Senryu poem form
Sketches   mental image 
Selects human weak points
Someone's lone character
Short amount of words in
Sets of 5 7 5 per line, amount 
Seventeen syllables 


1/27/2022

Write About A Form Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Joseph May
Poetry soup syllable count

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Paula Goldsmith Date: 2/25/2022 2:06:00 PM Congratulations on your win. Your "Senryu" is a creative write and picture. Have a great/blessed day and weekend.................. Login to Reply

Joseph May Date: 2/20/2022 4:56:00 AM Congrats on your win Eve, Very nicely penned Login to Reply

Christuraj Alex Date: 2/20/2022 3:52:00 AM Beautiful work on Senryu. Congratulations! Login to Reply

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 2/19/2022 5:27:00 PM All true and distinctly different than the haiku. Congratulations on your wonderful win Eve. Blessings xxoo Login to Reply

Caren Krutsinger Date: 2/4/2022 2:03:00 AM You nailed it, making it easier now. Login to Reply

Bill Baker Date: 1/30/2022 10:45:00 PM Excellent review of the Senryu form of poetry, Eve. Good luck in the contest. A poet friend, Bill Login to Reply

Caren Krutsinger Date: 1/30/2022 1:47:00 AM So well done Eve. This is a winner. Login to Reply

Andrea Dietrich Date: 1/29/2022 10:37:00 PM very well described. It will be interesting to see how many forms were discussed by this contest Login to Reply

Evelyn Judy Buehler Date: 1/29/2022 8:39:00 PM Your pleiades is wonderfully well done and informative, Eve. I love the picture, too. Best of wishes for the contest, Evelyn :) Login to Reply

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 1/28/2022 5:45:00 AM A lovely form well presented dear Eve, hope all is well, sending love and prayers your way :) Login to Reply Eve Roper Date: 1/28/2022 8:36:00 AM Hello my friend , I am doing well. Life still goes on.... Hugs my friend.

Victor Buhagiar Date: 1/27/2022 10:52:00 PM A senryu deals with humanity and not nature, as you said. Hugs Login to Reply Eve Roper Date: 1/28/2022 8:36:00 AM So true, Victor. Blessings my friend

L Milton Hankins Date: 1/27/2022 6:13:00 PM Thank you so much, Eve. I believe many western poets classify everything with the 5-7-5 syllable arrangement a haiku. Wrong! If the poem treats human emotion, feelings, motivation, interactions, etc., it may look like a haiku, but, it is a senryu. Thanks for clearly pointing this out. Login to Reply Eve Roper Date: 1/28/2022 8:35:00 AM You are welcome, Milton. Blessings to you