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Cycling Senryu

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  1. hippy said:

    "Phillip Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    SENRYU
    A senryu is a three line Japanese poem structurally similar to haiku.


    It

    Quoted message said:

    is unrhymed and the subject is based human nature. It is usually


    satirical

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    or ironic.
    # line 1 - 5 syllables
    # line 2 - 7 syllables
    # line 3 - 5 syllables

    here is hill to climb
    why do i endure this pain
    down is the up side

    How about a Haiku:
    (5-7-5(?) + season)

    Uphill is summer
    heat, burning thighs, sweat steaming
    downhill thunderstorm

    -kt

    PS> this commute takes way too long -
    I just spent 5 minutes reckoning if
    'steaming' was 2 or 3 syllables.

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