. Poetry from The Great In-Between: Senryu

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Senryu


Love turning to hate (5)

The most all-consuming drug (7)


To handcuff lovers (5)


(C)
Copyright John Duffy


What senryu means?

: a 3-line unrhymed Japanese poem.

 Structurally similar to haiku but treating human nature 
usually in an ironic or satiric vein.

First line 
5 syllables

2nd line
7 syllables

3rd line
5 syllables

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