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.
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