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senryu

NOUN

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..................

Joseph May

Date: 2/20/2022 4:56:00 AM

Congrats on your win Eve, Very nicely penned

Christuraj Alex

Date: 2/20/2022 3:52:00 AM

Beautiful work on Senryu. Congratulations!

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

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 2/4/2022 2:03:00 AM

You nailed it, making it easier now.

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

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 1/30/2022 1:47:00 AM

So well done Eve. This is a winner.

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

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 :)

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 :)

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

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.

Eve Roper
Date: 1/28/2022 8:35:00 AM

You are welcome, Milton. Blessings to you