Haiku vs. Senryu
Both Haiku and Senryu are a poetic form, consisting of three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables each. Although Americans tend to call anything with the 5,7,5 syllable form "Haiku", technically, a Haiku must contain reference in some way to the cyclicality of life seasons and have a certain poignancy. If not, it is considered a Senryu.It is generally said that "Haiku" mainly deals with natural beauty while "Senryu" focuses on people and our life. For example, a classic Haiku by the poet 18th century Japanese poet Issa reads:
My dear old village,
every memory of home
pierces like a thorn.
Information and Examples
- The Matsuyama Declaration
- An Introduction to Haiku
- How to Write a Haiku
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World Haiku Club
- A Haiku Homepage
- The Shiki Internet Haiku Salon
- The Art of Haiku Poetry
- Haiku for People
- Hsa-Haiku
- Haikuworld
- Links to How-tos, Articles, Samples, and other sites
- Japanese Haiku Poetry Resources (separated by age group)
- Google search
- A Haiku Homepage
... more Examples
- Haiku in English (Mainichi Daily News)
- History of Haiku 10 haikuists and their works, From Basho to Koi
- Children's Haiku Garden
- English-Language Haiku On the Web
- Haiku from 55 degrees North
Mailing Lists
- Kawasaki_Zen_Haiku - one of the largest of Yahoo's Haiku groups.
- Hokku-Inn: Traditional Haiku Restored
- Schfihaiku - Science Fiction Haiku
- WHCbeginners - one of the four mailing lists of WHC, The World Haiku Club
- WHChaikuforum - one of the four mailing lists of WHC, The World Haiku Club
- Tanka
- Tanka is Japan's oldest poetry form.
Traditionally a tanka has five lines with 5-7-5-7-7 syllables. - Search for more lists in Yahoo's groups
- The Genuine Haiku Generator
- Spam-ku - The Spam Haiki Archive
- scifaku - The Haiku Periodic Table of Elements
- the Editorial Haiku Page
- Create Your Own Pseudo Haiku
- Cat Haiku