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Recent Examples of senryu
The construction is the same -- three lines, 17 syllables, with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line and five syllables on the third line -- but the tone and subject matter of a senryu is different.
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Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 19 Nov. 2020
The event is open to anyone interested in learning about the modern haiku, senryu and haibun types of poetry, focusing on contemporary free verse forms, not the familiar five-seven-five-syllable structure.
—Carole Goldberg, courant.com, 7 Aug. 2019
Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 19 Nov. 2020
The event is open to anyone interested in learning about the modern haiku, senryu and haibun types of poetry, focusing on contemporary free verse forms, not the familiar five-seven-five-syllable structure.
—Carole Goldberg, courant.com, 7 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for senryu
Noun
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Best of all are terrace bathtubs crafted from rocks or hinoki cypress wood, filled with hot spring onsen water—plus haiku-inspiring valley views.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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Woodland features around 25,000 titles of poetry, small press literature, handmade works and the largest collection of haiku in North America.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Each photo is combined with a tanka (a five-line, 31-syllable poem) written through the lens of a 10-year-old girl encountering the Jews for the first time, composed by poet Hiroko Yamagata.—
Josh Hasten,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Sep. 2022
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Her third and most critically acclaimed film, Forever a Woman (1955), is a tender, yearning portrait of a tanka poet with breast cancer and one of the first films anywhere to show a mastectomy.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2022
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Holmes’ feed is a babbling stream of self-help epigrams, ankle-deep reflections and many, many photos of herself.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
10 Dec. 2025
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That celebrated epigram is delivered by the character of Octave, who is the greatest creation of Renoir’s career—not least because he’s played by Renoir in a performance that’s essentially a self-portrait, even an onscreen self-creation.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
Noun
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The character is speaking sonnets and doing ‘Ozymandias’ as well.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
5 Feb. 2026
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Ever wanted to dive into Shakespeare's sonnets or explore cinema analysis?—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
11 Jan. 2026
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Underpaid lecturers huddled closer to their space heaters, submerging themselves deeper in Aramaic love poetry to stave off thoughts of the damp.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Equal parts practicality and poetry, French footwear strikes a delicate balance between timeless craftsmanship and modern cool.—
Shelby Comroe,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Senryu.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senryu. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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