3 senryu – by Helen Buckingham

the tension around my tension tension     full moon beyond good and evil     MLK Day the killing continues

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What is Haiku and Does it Matter?

Across many haiku communities people argue about what haiku is. Some people write mostly haiku and attest that you need kigo (season words) or kireji (cutting words). Others believe that you must adhere to “5-7-5″—though most communities have abandoned this syllable count. And then there is senryu. As I understand, senryu is like haiku, except […]

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