Category Archives: Humorous Poems

Senryu vs. Haiku

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

Dear Readers and Loyal Followers: If you’ve been following this blog for a long time, you can see that haiku and senryu often overlap. Some of you write to me, from time to time, wanting to know why I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Haiku & Senryu: Write Them Right

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

I see people struggle with writing haiku and senryu each day, posting what they write on Facebook, Twitter, or on their own blog sites. Haiku and senryu are short forms of poetry– yes poetry, not just random thoughts. Haiku and … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: June 18, 2016

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu: clown car . . . nothing works but the horn by Stanford M. Forrester Big Data, 2014

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Senryu, Jan. 23, 2016, on The Daily Haiku

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

Woodstock reunion all the tie-dye shirts XXX-large by John J. Dunphy bottle rockets, 11:2

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Senryu Week: Human Nature at Its Best

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

am I holding them correctly? worry beads by George Dorsty, Author The Space Between: haiku by George Dorsty

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Senryu Week on The Daily Haiku, Jan. 19, 2016

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

Below is the second senryu of our special week featuring this poetic form:   funeral– my grandchild tells me I’m next by Kristen Deming Modern Haiku, 39:3, Autumn 2008

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Daily Haiku, Jan. 15, 2016

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu: no forwarding address the mover who lost things by LeRoy Gorman Modern Haiku, Vol. XXX, No. 1, Winter-Spring 1999

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Daily Haiku, Jan. 4, 2016

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu new year paying bills with the free pen by Andrea Grillo bottle rockets, #16, 2007

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Daily Haiku, Dec. 18, 2015

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu: folding laundry– the voice on the phone drones on by Ruth Holzer bottle rockets, #27

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Experience The Thrill of Winning Haiku, Senryu, and Related Poetry Contests

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Charlotte Digregorio

Dear Followers and Readers, Results are in for the winners of the 2015 contests sponsored by the Haiku Society of America. I will post them below, as I coordinated the contests as Second Vice President of the HSA. Before you … Continue reading →

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