Comments on: Wake Up | Dogs senryu poem example | 112008 http://haikuhabits.com/2008/11/20/dog-leash/ How to Write Short Poems for Personal Growth: A Forum for Examples and Commentary Wed, 09 May 2012 20:49:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ken Wagner http://haikuhabits.com/2008/11/20/dog-leash/#comment-20 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:25:23 +0000 http://haikuhabits.com/?p=34#comment-20 aj3d – That is a very helpful distinction. Clearer than I have found elsewhere. Thanks.

]]> By: aj3d http://haikuhabits.com/2008/11/20/dog-leash/#comment-19 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:33:04 +0000 http://haikuhabits.com/?p=34#comment-19 Haiku present an image (two rather, and not necessarily visual) without explaining or interpreting anything. Without thinking, as they would say in Zen.

Senryu are any poem in the haiku-format that are not haiku. Most are funny poems about the human condition, or about animals doing silly things, but they can be about anything (sci-fi-ku, etc.).

That’s how I see it.

]]> By: Ken Wagner http://haikuhabits.com/2008/11/20/dog-leash/#comment-18 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:20:11 +0000 http://haikuhabits.com/?p=34#comment-18 aj3d – Thanks. I am still grappling with the difference between haiku and senryu. What does the difference mean to you?

]]> By: aj3d http://haikuhabits.com/2008/11/20/dog-leash/#comment-17 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:52:19 +0000 http://haikuhabits.com/?p=34#comment-17 This one works, and I think you’re right calling it a senryu.

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