Senryu: "a playful verse (zareku) that comments on human behaviours, virtues and vices, noble and base emotions, thoughts of upper- and lower-class people, and all the other matters that make up this life on earth." - Ogawa Akimichi in Light Verse, Ueda Makoto ed.
Haiku SEA
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About Haiku SEA
A compilation of some original attempts at crafting Haiku/Senryu/Tanka, which are continuously edited and improved upon, and new compositions added.
Elements of HK
Present moment magnified.
Interpenetrating the source of inspiration.
Simple, uncomplicated images.
Common language.
Finding the extraordinary in "ordinary" things.
Objective presentation, appeal to intuition.
Human presence presented as an archetypical, harmonious part of nature.
Humor in keeping with "karumi".
Musical sensitivity to language.
Feeling of a particular place within the cycle of seasons.
- Christopher Herold
Interpenetrating the source of inspiration.
Simple, uncomplicated images.
Common language.
Finding the extraordinary in "ordinary" things.
Objective presentation, appeal to intuition.
Human presence presented as an archetypical, harmonious part of nature.
Humor in keeping with "karumi".
Musical sensitivity to language.
Feeling of a particular place within the cycle of seasons.
- Christopher Herold