Fractured Haiku/Senryu

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Comment by Scott Williamson on July 1, 2009 at 5:45pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Gexs7pem0

Comment by Scott Williamson on July 1, 2009 at 5:44pm

TBD just moved
migrated effortelessly
ning ling a ding dong

Comment by Angharad on June 30, 2009 at 5:35am

Hi Lynne...Not a silly question at all! We are all just feeling our way... Your assumptions sound good to me!

Yes, discussion threads will be our topics, and the idea of posting general comments to the wall sounds good. I think the "Reply to" that appears under each comment in the thread will be good for direct rejoinders ("answering" haiku, giving "kudos," etc.).

It will all fall into place eventually, I'm hoping. Anybody with an idea of how to make this better, please chime in...there ain't no Grand Poobah of haiku here...

Comment by Chez moi on June 29, 2009 at 11:08pm

When I'm all moved in
I shall come and say hello
This is just my style

Comment by Angharad on June 29, 2009 at 7:55pm

Hi, Quilty! So glad to see you! Here's a definition taken from wikipedia:

Senryū (川柳?, literally 'river willow') is a Japanese form of short poetry similar to haiku in construction: three lines with 17 or fewer "on" (translated in English as syllables) in total. However, senryū tend to be about human foibles while haiku tend to be about nature, and senryū are often cynical or darkly humorous while haiku are more serious. Unlike haiku, senryū do not include a kireji (cutting word), and do not generally include a kigo, or season word.

In our group on TBD, people had occasionally pointed out that what we were writing was not, strictly, haiku...and they were right. So I thought I'd open it up for the sticklers... :>)

I don't know how it's going to work here...this is set up more like a chat than a discussion, as we had on TBD....but let's give it a whirl!

Comment by Quilty on June 29, 2009 at 7:38pm

Angharad, can you define Senryu for me, please?

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