Senryu

From Akua Lezli Hope

Senryu is related to haiku. the Japanese poem form.

You may have learned 5-7-5 – think instead, short, long, short.

A statement/observation, an elaboration, a turn, a deepening.

Where haiku is nature focused/nature centered, senryu is focused on human nature and is often satirical and comical.

Senryu explore human foibles, relationships, and societal observation.

To contribute a senryu, please fill out the form on the contact page.

reuniting with

classmates you wish you had known

50 years ago

Andrea Axelrod

June Fifty Years Ago

Purple then Red, Blue

Now all are Purple again.

Martha Coakley

fifty years

are really just

moments

Kathy Bogan

Fifty years ago

Thirst for knowledge met friendship

Life abundant joy

Del Wigfall

50th reunion

now we all fit

in the frame

Akua Lezli Hope

50th

reunion photo

no one has to bend

Akua Lezli Hope

50th reunion

no plastic intervention

natural faces

Akua Lezli Hope

50th reunion

now I can look at you

without swooning

Akua Lezli Hope

50th reunion

how many lifetimes

since we met

Akua Lezli Hope

50th reunion

how many books

since we studied

Akua Lezli Hope

50th reunion

emails replace letters

we gather on electrons

Akua Lezli Hope