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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Haiku vs Senryu...

I found this simple discription of the contrast of the two forms on the web at: http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/haiku/senryu.html Here is a short quote that I found especially illuminating..... At the simplest level, haiku are verse about nature and humanity, written in a 5-7-5 syllable pattern, while senryu are haiku-like verse, not necessarily about nature, not necessarily in that pattern. Sign in to see full entry.

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There were several years in my life (when I had two or more children in diapers) that I only wrote Japanese forms. Why? Mostly because I could carry a poem around in my head and revise and rewrite it while whirling through very full days. Once I had time to actually sit down and write again, I realized that writing haiku, senyru and tanka had transformed all of my writing in whatever form I chose to write: Everything I wrote was more crystalized and clear and powerful.

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