Senryu and Vanguard Haiku
A senryu a day drives your shrink insane. - V. P. Gendrano's aphorism.
Senryu, a close relative (sometimes I refer to as a cousin) of haiku is another Japanese poetic poem dealing with human foibles, usually humorous and satirical. Whereas haiku is serious, senryu is light-hearted.
Here are samples of senryu and vanguard haiku which I have written and some published throughout the years. In my book, Rustle of bamboo leaves, http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/rustle-of-bamboo-leaves/246155 I devoted no less than a whole chapter about it.
Here are samples of senryu and vanguard haiku which I have written and some published throughout the years. In my book, Rustle of bamboo leaves, http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/rustle-of-bamboo-leaves/246155 I devoted no less than a whole chapter about it.
Facebook
the new public place
to bare yourself
Sketchbook, Vol. 6, No. 3
May/June 2011
uncontrolled laughter
grandpa's dentures fly
in my bowl of soup
behind her mom
she parries deftly
his flying kisses
more subdivisions
the distant echoes
of bird songs
texting while driving
he wakes in the hospital
with only one leg
Sketchbook, Vol. 6, No. 3
May/June 2011
young mother
she scolds her son
and joins him crying
he takes viagra
and almost died in bliss
his wife's wish
chilly morning
she grabs me back to bed
a little longer
World Haiku Review
January 2011
she sneezes once
twice then three times
girl with the nose ring
Sketchbook, Vol. 5, No. 4
July/August 2010
