Micropoetry | Haiku | Gogyohka | Tanka | Senryu | Twaiku | 1-6 lines | 3-10 words
Senryu is a three line Japanese poem that is structurally similar to haiku poetry. So 17 syllables or less. It differs from Haiku because it’s subject matter much more concerned with human nature and satiric humour. For more info about how it differs from haiku click here.
LIVE SENRYU MICROPOETRY FROM TWITTER
Here are the latest senryu micropoems live from twitter, (a few poems may be in Japanese).Twitter hashtag: #senryu
Yakkaina koto ni aite ni kane ga ari How irritating, my bunkmate is rich. Intan no imi ga himashi ni bakageteki As days pile up, internment becomes more absurd. - Jakki #senryu #monoku #micropoetry
Ikashitoku teido ni shiborudake shibori Survival mode: squeezed as much as possible. Mono taranu seikatsu hi ni aki yoru ni aki Meaningless life; Boredom at day, boredom at night. - Jakki #senryu #monoku #micropoetry
Tekikoku no mikata ni sarete sayōnara Branded an enemy alien, Sayonara. Sono teido narato yōkyū toritsugare "Well, if that's all." The request was conveyed. - jakki #senryu #monoku #micropoetry
Akirame ni naremoto yagu no tsumetasugi Though accustomed to my despair, the bedding remains too cold. Sanzen to hikaru tsurara no reika godo Icicle blazing, five degrees below zero. - Jakki #senryu #monoku #micropoetry
Mata au to wakareta hito ni mata deai Pledged to meet again, though parted, we chanced to meet now. * Hi o keshite sibaraku jibun no kako ni fure I turned off the light and for a while was touched by my past. -Jakki #senryu #monoku #micropoetry
a sugar whistle that leaves the island night - Yokoyama Shosei “Aikane” collection #senryu #ku #monoku #micropoetry
gushing sweet potatoes Wildfire smoke and spring heat - Shimasa Hiro Soryukai 1934 #senryu #ku #monoku #micropoetry
sweet honey and autumn heat at sugar factory - Toyomura Hiro Sokaikai, November 1933 #senryu #ku #monoku #micropoetry
black bodies sweating in the sun harvesting sugar canes #senryu #ku #haiku #micropoetry 233
behind the redwood curtain - this afternoon watching a Kurosawa film #senryu #ku #haiku #micropoetry 232
Japanese gardens ... you look cool in your celery-colored day dress #senryu #ku #haiku #micopoetry 231
the night i meet myself a scene in a Goya painting #micropoetry #senryu #ku #haiku 230
after rehearsal over green tea reviewing a Vivaldi cantata #senryu #ku #haiku #micropoetry 229
we are as different as sun and moon he writes haiku, i write senryu #senryu #ku #haiku #micropoetry 228
renting second floor, i live up high but also in neighbor’s backyard. * being wrapped and cared for reminds me I’m not wrapping and caring for you. - sanae #senryu #ku #micropoetry
rouge camellia, even after wilting retains sexiness. - sanae #senryu #ku #micropoetry
drinking it, I know not drinking it, I don’t know: the taste of sake. * the remembrance of my childhood hearth is the smell of sweet potatoes. - sanae #senryu #ku #micropoetry
shock greets our return scenes of rubble and ashes all are united. * while our neighbors starve endowed with black market food we survive the years. —Junko #senryu #ku #micropoetry
a white linen suit pill-box hat upon her head stately she stands. * bowel of huge ship our blanket space together family now hopeful. - Junko #senryu #ku #micropoetry
my sweet warrior son stages swordfights, draws warships then snuggles in bed. —Annette Makino #senryu #ku #micropoetry
anime on the television my lover asleep on the futon #senryu #ku #haiku #micropoetry 227
好きだなあ。とてもわかるし、素晴らしい。 #senryu