Senryu
april fool
I short-sheet the bed
then forget
Like haiku, senryu offer a moment of realization in a single breath. While haiku are about nature, senryu are about human nature.
To learn more about haiku and senryu, I recommend listening to Haiku Chronicles, a podcast hosted by Donna Beaver and Alan Pizzarelli. In this episode they specifically discuss senryu. I love listening to these podcasts when I walk.
My favorite place to read senryu is in the on-line journal Prune Juice.
Happy day after April Fools’ Day!
Liz
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Ha! A victim to your own prank, eh? I knew about Prune Juice, but not the podcast. I’ll check it out. Thanks!
Funny! I haven’t short-sheeted a bed in ages!
Ha- fun! (My buddy Terri edits Prune Juice. :0) )
Very cute! Love it. Thanks for the link to Prune Juice. I hadn’t heard of it.
Thanks everyone–I haven’t short-sheeted a bed in a long time either. This poem was inspired by stories my mom used to tell me about her childhood. Every year she would short-sheet her dad’s bed. : )
hee-hee! I love haiku/senryu for their brevity…which you captured perfectly – no foolin’. =)