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Always struggled with the nature Haiku but in seeing that a Senryu can draw from these approaches, I am getting this form more1. Reflections/Observations of fickle or unusual or hypocritical or silliness of human behaviourthe famine hand-out queuenobody asks" traces of peanuts?"2. Word Play – using words in an unusual [and perhaps technically incorrect] way or using a circumstance in an usual wayGarden Society lady,half a century agomaybe a blushing rose3. Slapstick Humour Derived from Human Behaviour [Chaplinesque Humour] or strange situationswishing wella beggar falls overreaching for quarters 4. Uncharacteristic Behaviour of particular groupspsychiatrists' dinner they all dance wildly with the belly dancers 5. Inventive or Creative Fantasy or Clever Juxtapositionanother sake --the cranes on the porcelainstart to fly6. Reflections on Nature/Animals in the Issa mode first gnats, as ifthey don't have enough companyjoin me on my walk
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Always struggled with the nature Haiku but in seeing that a Senryu can draw from these approaches, I am getting this form more
ReplyDelete1. Reflections/Observations of fickle or unusual or hypocritical or silliness of human behaviour
the famine hand-out queue
nobody asks
" traces of peanuts?"
2. Word Play – using words in an unusual [and perhaps technically incorrect] way or using a circumstance in an usual way
Garden Society lady,
half a century ago
maybe a blushing rose
3. Slapstick Humour Derived from Human Behaviour [Chaplinesque Humour] or strange situations
wishing well
a beggar falls over
reaching for quarters
4. Uncharacteristic Behaviour of particular groups
psychiatrists' dinner
they all dance wildly with
the belly dancers
5. Inventive or Creative Fantasy or Clever Juxtaposition
another sake --
the cranes on the porcelain
start to fly
6. Reflections on Nature/Animals in the Issa mode
first gnats, as if
they don't have enough company
join me on my walk