Haiku Told Her Friend Senryu… Poem by Kesav Venkat Easwaran

humor with a thought...syllable format poems usually end up tailor made..very rarely it turns out natural...at least for me

Laughter is contagious...and you keep throwing your humour to maintain that...wonderful...thank you

wonderful comparison of format of poem..its almost similar with Haiku and Senryu but you did it with western style for Tanka...well done my friend....10

Wow Kesav, I love the humour...as Sonya says these forms are losing their identity and will soon be unrecognisable..

these are all forms ive tried.. wonderfully written.

A piece to ponder on....

This is very clever. Your mind is not asleep, gathering moss, I can tell. lol

keshavji, sure you have to give some credit to my 'oneryu's. a poem finished in a single line, isn't it real fun.... lost in conversation (oneryu) love and life!

wow....such a beautiful composition.............................

Kesav, i just can't stop laughing at this one, the dig you make at ones who trywesternization of old japanese classical forms. haiku is becoming like a bonsai, and there is lot of competition to use minimal syllables instead of 17, or if am not wrong 31 for tanka. first three lines of tanks are of 5,7,5 syllablesand then follows a couplet of seven syllables each. any thing else fits into short verse, or zen poetry. so believes haiku society of india.and Delhi poetree. top marks for your sardonic humour. Mamta Mamta