A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 5 of 8

Even if you’re a few days behind, don’t fret. C’mon in and join

Paul B. Janeczo, who selected the poems for A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms defines a senryu as a poem that “follows the same pattern as a haiku – three lines of 5-7-5 syllables – but it is about human nature rather than about the natural world around us” (pg. 16). So, if you’re looking for poetic inspiration, give a senryu a try today and see what you come up with!

Some examples of senryu’s online can be found by clicking here, here, here, or here. The last link is actually a senryu contest, which I found on Google, but don’t know the reliability or validity of (Gotta have a disclaimer!) personally.

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