- the first senryu came to me in the middle of the night. I woke up and wrote it down. There rest of the suite follow the same theme.
- In my senryu suite I covered all the senses: touch, hearing, sight smell, taste
- requiem = sad song; a mass for the dead; a solemn chant for the repose of the dead
- Mockingbirds birds sing their tunes day and night. This happens most often when males are searching for mates, but full moons also get these crooners going.
- A new moon is dark
- All my senryu are 17 syllables or less.

SENRYU is a Japanese short unrhymed poem that uses imagistic language to express the essence of a deeply felt moment in time. Unlike Haiku, senryu is about human nature and doesn't need a season word. It's written in 17 syllables OR LESS and three lines. For Senryu you don't need a season word (Kigo). Classical senryu was humorous and sarcastic. With time, it has developed into a loser form with any theme.
the haiku foundation senryu rules

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Gypsy

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