senryu
senryu , a Japanese poem structurally similar to the haiku but primarily concerned with human nature. It is usually humorous or satiric. Used loosely, the term means a poem similar to the haiku that does not meet the criteria for haiku.
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Picture "Painting".(teaching haiku)
Magazine article from: Instructor (1990); 3/1/2000; ; 505 words
; The form of poetry we know as haiku has its roots in Japan centuries ago. Young...to survive as distinct poems, from which haiku's 17-syllable, 3-line form evolved. A verbal...snapshot related to nature or the seasons, haiku does not tell a story. Rather, with vivid...
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The south in Richard Wright's haiku.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Notes on Contemporary Literature; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Native Son, composed some four thousand haiku in the last and half years of his life in Paris. In his haiku, Wright uses his pen as a brush to paint...nature and human nature. Technically, a haiku moment presents the occurrence of an event...
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Every word counts in Haiku. (Poetry Workshop).
Magazine article from: Instructor (1990); 5/1/2003; ; 542 words
; beautiful haiku--like tender drops of nature in a tiny box A mere 17 syllables in length, haiku is one of the world's smallest works of art...emotional power and comes from a long history. Haiku, in its most ancient form, dates back to seventh-centu...
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Haiku for Issa.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 4/1/2002; 66 words
; HAIKU FOR ISSA i Waiting in a queue-- having a chuckle at one of Issa's haiku. ii Such haiku, Issa! Ah, only at the Buddha do our pathways part. iii Issa, Issa, oh! If this world is only dew, why then write...
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The Problem with Haiku.(Poetry)(Poem)
Magazine article from: The Antioch Review; 6/22/2007; ; 10 words
; Of all the things I Wish would be, the one that most Occurs to me is
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Reichhold. Jane. Writing and enjoying haiku; a hands-on guide.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Kliatt; 3/1/2003; ; 241 words
; ...to know about the reading and writing of haiku. The author goes far beyond the simplistic notion of haiku as a rigidly defined. 17-syllable verse pattern...principles that define traditional Japanese haiku, she just as thoroughly explains how these...
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(book review)
Magazine article from: African American Review; 12/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; James A. Emanuel. Jazz from the Haiku King. Detroit: Broadside P, 1999. 138 pp. $8.50. While haiku is a traditional Japanese poetic form, jazz...Despite technical differences in composition, haiku and jazz have both been known for their powerful...
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Haiku.(Our Own Pages)(Poem)
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 11/1/2003; ; 17 words
; Haiku Little leaves dancing. Little leaves, will you come down? No. Wait for the wind. Lily Wolf, Age 7 New York
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Haiku for 2007.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 7/1/2007; ; 34 words
; HAIKU FOR 2007 This is the year of the pig and is better by far than the past one. This is the year that a consummate liar had claimed as his last one. This is the year we will know if the bastard was pulling a fast one.
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A Haiku.(Your Own Pages)(Poem)
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 5/1/2009; ; 17 words
; A Haiku The tree's bare branches Reach to the sky as if they Want something up there. Ian Klahre, Age 10 Michigan
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haiku
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...foreign adaptations of the haiku, notably the poems of the imagists . These poems are usually written in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. See senryu . Bibliography: See the anthology ed. by H. G. Henderson, Introduction to Haiku (1958).
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