senryu

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Recent Examples of senryu The construction is the same -- three lines, 17 syllables, with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line and five syllables on the third line -- but the tone and subject matter of a senryu is different. Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 19 Nov. 2020 The event is open to anyone interested in learning about the modern haiku, senryu and haibun types of poetry, focusing on contemporary free verse forms, not the familiar five-seven-five-syllable structure. Carole Goldberg, courant.com, 7 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for senryu
Noun
  • Later, Navalny discovered that there was no Japanese neurosurgeon, no dead toddler and no haiku.
    Robin Abcarian, Twin Cities, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Here’s the etymology, this time as a haiku: From Old English roots, Healf, meaning half or part, Divide, share in two.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Each photo is combined with a tanka (a five-line, 31-syllable poem) written through the lens of a 10-year-old girl encountering the Jews for the first time, composed by poet Hiroko Yamagata.
    Josh Hasten, Sun Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Her third and most critically acclaimed film, Forever a Woman (1955), is a tender, yearning portrait of a tanka poet with breast cancer and one of the first films anywhere to show a mastectomy.
    Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • On his plane plastered with Trumpian epigrams, Vance makes the case for Trump’s second-term vision of enhanced executive power.
    Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
  • No one could tell the clock by him; no one could quote an epigram of his; no one could ever remember his being a friend of their daddy—or even their granddaddy.
    E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Noun
  • Artificial intelligence has never been more powerful, constantly expanding its litany of flexes — from generating sonnets and fantastical images to believably mimicking emotions, all while churning through mountains of data faster than any human being could.
    Adriana Lee, WWD, 26 Nov. 2024
  • And that a major plot in the novels involves sentient, talking animals that love sonnets and science?
    Constance Grady, Vox, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Activities include an art workshop, open mic and poetry slam, artist talk, traditional African music and dance, and more.
    John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Guided by the voice of Pulitzer-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the solo work uses history, memory and poetry.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025

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