senryu

noun

Definition of senryunext
as in haiku

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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. — Mary Colurso | [email protected], 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
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  1. haiku
  2. tanka
  3. epigram
  4. sonnet
  5. poetry
Noun
  • Her father, a haiku poet, could trace their roots in the village back for 36 generations.
    — Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Yamanaka is made for leisurely walks, a visit to the house celebrating the haiku poet Bashō—who stayed here for nine days in 1689—and quiet days in a world of green hills and rushing water.
    — Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of haiku
Noun
  • Matsumoto worked with collaborators to translate the book of tanka poems so everyone in her family could read them.
    — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Matsumoto said tanka is the oldest form of traditional Japanese poetry.
    — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Definition of tanka
Noun
  • By greatly expanding the dimensions of his images, with their muted palettes, tight cropping, found symmetries, and laconic wit, had the maestro of the photographic epigram betrayed his subtractive aesthetic?
    — James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Johnson is the author of the epigrams, but Boswell is very much the co-author.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
Definition of epigram
Noun
  • People can and should be skeptical about the sonnets written about starting NFL quarterbacks every offseason, when no one is getting sacked and almost everyone looks good.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
  • The conventions ground the writing as meter and rhyme steady a sonnet.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Definition of sonnet
Noun
  • Around that time, with Channing and a few friends — and with Bibbe’s assistance — Beck started a mimeographed poetry magazine by and for young people.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • His words are at once part of the rhythm section and profoundly personal poetry.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of poetry

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