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Funny you should write that. One of the major Japanese verse forms, from which haiku evolved, was Renga. This was a “long” poem in which several poets would alternate. It went like this:
5-7-5/7-7/5-7-5/7-7/etc.
The numbers represent the Japanese syllable count and the slash is a line break. In Basho’s time, a renga usually amounted to 36 verses and was called a kasen. The opening 5-7-5 verse was called a hokku. The hokku eventually became the stand-alone haiku in part, perhaps, because poets would often write their hokku ahead of time (before arriving at the Renga party) and began to think of the hokku as a poem in and of itself.
All this is a way of saying: If I could find some other haiku writers – Raziel? – we would finish this Senryu. Maybe it would end at sunrise? :-)
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Thanks Will, I had no idea. Always happy to learn. Paul.
Very sensual. Suggestive, leaves a lot to the imagination.
I always enjoy learning about these different forms of poetry. I had no idea there were sonny.
Rose
Will,
can’t be bad, now we have to finish the Senryu. LOL
Paul.
Funny you should write that. One of the major Japanese verse forms, from which haiku evolved, was Renga. This was a “long” poem in which several poets would alternate. It went like this:
5-7-5/7-7/5-7-5/7-7/etc.
The numbers represent the Japanese syllable count and the slash is a line break. In Basho’s time, a renga usually amounted to 36 verses and was called a kasen. The opening 5-7-5 verse was called a hokku. The hokku eventually became the stand-alone haiku in part, perhaps, because poets would often write their hokku ahead of time (before arriving at the Renga party) and began to think of the hokku as a poem in and of itself.
All this is a way of saying: If I could find some other haiku writers – Raziel? – we would finish this Senryu. Maybe it would end at sunrise? :-)
Thanks Will, I had no idea. Always happy to learn. Paul.
Very sensual. Suggestive, leaves a lot to the imagination.
I always enjoy learning about these different forms of poetry. I had no idea there were sonny.
Rose