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A senryu, also called human haiku, is an unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all. Senryu is usually written in the present tense and relates to some aspect of human nature or emotions.  They possess no references to the natural world, and thus differ from nature/seasonal haiku.

Example:
 
Brilliant words flowing
From those never knowing, how
many lives they touch....
 
Copyright © 2001 Connie Marcum Wong