. Poetry from The Great In-Between: If Life was a Senryū

Saturday, December 17, 2022

If Life was a Senryū


I give you freely 

Relationships love and pain 

In any order 

(5,7,5)



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Copyright John Duffy



Senryū is a Japanese form of short poetry similar to haiku in construction: 


three lines with 17 syllables. 


Line 1 has 5.

Line 2 has 7.

Line 3 has 5


Senryū tends to be about human emotions while haiku tend to be about nature, and senryū are often cynical or darkly humorous while haiku are more serious.



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