senryu

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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 | 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
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Noun
  • The name harked back to an eccentricity in the wording of the BeOS Web browser's error messages: They were all rendered as haiku, the classic Japanese poetry form.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Apr. 2012
  • Use it to simplify, not just amplify Ask AI to explain complex concepts in plain English, like in the style of a tweet, a haiku, or for a 12-year-old.
    William Arruda, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • It’s been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, epigrams, parables; the skeleton of every great story.
    Jann E. Freed, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • Her poems of that era — sonnets, epigrams, eminently quotable snippets of rhymed gossip — pulse with the dynamism and attitude of the modern city.
    A.O. Scott, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The poem was published in Shakespeare’s 1609 quarto of 154 sonnets, which wasn’t widely popular in its day.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
  • At Paul Revere Junior High, Russell won first place at a Shakespeare Festival for his sonnet recitation.
    Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • For decades, hip-hop artists have turned pain into poetry, struggle into style, and now, lyrics into liquidity.
    Kori Hale, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Sang-wol has been using the money garnered from Ro-sa’s poetry book sales to fund a college scholarship.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 30 June 2025

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“Senryu.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senryu. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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