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Author\/poet Jane Reichhold of <\/span>Aha Poetry<\/span><\/a> has noted: “Because haiku and senryu are written much alike, often on the same subjects and usually by the same authors, great controversies have ensued over which is what.”\u00a0 Anita Virgil has artfully stated the difference in her book “one potato, two potato<\/a>” (Peaks Press, 1991):\u00a0 “… if it is man within the world, it is haiku. If it is the world within the man, it is senryu<\/em>.”<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Some\u00a0distinguished haiku publications continue to differentiate between haiku and senryu; others no longer do.\u00a0\u00a0 Also, check out “<\/span>Haiku or Senryu?<\/span><\/a> How to Tell the Difference,” by Elizabeth St. Jacques.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>, to see the Collection of winning senryu from\u00a0the Haiku Society of America’s annual <\/span>Gerald Brady Memorial Senryu Contest<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/span><\/ul>\n
update:<\/em><\/strong> In 2005, <\/span>Simply Haiku<\/span><\/em><\/a> magazine\u00a0added a special senryu <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\nsection<\/span>, which will now appear in every edition.\u00a0 It is edited by poet <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\nAlan Pizzarelli<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 In his <\/span>Editor’s Introduction<\/span><\/a>, he says:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n
“. . . \u00a0It portrays the characteristics of human beings and <\/span>psychology of the human mind. Even when senryu depict <\/span>living things such as animals, insects, and plant life, or when <\/span>they depict inanimate objects, they are portrayed with the <\/span>emphasis on their human attributes.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
“The senryu can make use of poetic devices such as simile, <\/span>personification, and metaphor. It can also employ puns, parody <\/span>and satire. . . . <\/span>Senryu are not all strictly intended to be humorous. <\/span><\/span>Many senryu express the misfortunes, the hardships and woe of <\/span>humanity.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
update<\/strong> <\/em>(May 2005) : See<\/em> our “<\/span>is it or ain’t it haiku?<\/em><\/span><\/a>” to learn more about the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\nhaiku genre and how it <\/span>differs from senryu and various forms of “quasi-haiku”. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n
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