senryu

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The line between haiku and senryu, already blurred in Japan, tended to be obliterated in the west.

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  • A senryu written in the 3 line 5 / 7 / 5 style about depression and the comfort received from a kitten. —  All Categories Featured Content - Associated Content
  • The Haiku battle is simple -- two poets go head to head, reading their haiku (which are often technically senryu, but we won't go into that now ...) until one poet is left standing. —  GotPoetry.com News
  • Poster poems: haiku and senryu guardian. co.uk, Friday 30 January 2009 14.52 GMT —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
  • It is tempting, though probably entirely incorrect, to think of the haiku (and its close relation, the senryu) as the Japanese equivalent of the sonnet. —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
  • So, what are the rules of haiku and senryu as they are written in English, and what are the differences between the two? —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
 

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