Haiku/Senryu:
By Kim B. Miller
Spades
We throw cards, spades. Smack
big jokers and talk trash! No
sportsmanship, just win!
Sistah
Black diamond, yes Sis
that’s you, sparkle! That self-love
flex is different!
Define
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cannot define Black love. Don’t
ask Google either.
Senryu is a non-rhyming poetic form comprised of 17 syllables. A three lined poem with 5 syllables on the first line, 7 syllables on the second line and 5 syllables on the third line. Senryu can be on any subject. In performance poetry these are called haiku too. Haiku and senryu originated in Japan. Traditional haiku focus on nature.
By Kim B. Miller
Spades
We throw cards, spades. Smack
big jokers and talk trash! No
sportsmanship, just win!
Sistah
Black diamond, yes Sis
that’s you, sparkle! That self-love
flex is different!
Define
Media sound bites
cannot define Black love. Don’t
ask Google either.
Senryu is a non-rhyming poetic form comprised of 17 syllables. A three lined poem with 5 syllables on the first line, 7 syllables on the second line and 5 syllables on the third line. Senryu can be on any subject. In performance poetry these are called haiku too. Haiku and senryu originated in Japan. Traditional haiku focus on nature.
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