Category: Senryu

Drip!

~~ a Senryu ~~

~~ by tkbrown

Drip! Drip! Drip! Drip! Drip!

The sound is haunting, daunting —

Music to the ears!

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Senryu – According to Merriam-Webster (2019), the ‘Senryu’ is “a three-line unrhymed Japanese poem that is structurally similar to the haiku but treating human nature usually in an ironic or satiric vein.”

Source: Merriam-Webster: Dictionary: Since 1828. (2019). “Senryu.” (Accessed 11 September 2019). https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/senryu.

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Photo Above: by Mayank Dhanawade @ Unsplash.

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~~ Shakespearean ~~

~~ a Senryu ~~

~~ by tkbrown
Dearly loved by some,
despised by many others;
~~  Shakespearean plays.
The Chandos portrait
at nosweatshakespeare.com

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Senryu – According to Merriam-Webster (2019), the ‘Senryu’ is “a three-line unrhymed Japanese poem that is structurally similar to the haiku but treating human nature usually in an ironic or satiric vein.”

Source: Merriam-Webster: Dictionary: Since 1828. (2019). “Senryu.” (Accessed 11 September 2019). https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/senryu.

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