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Re: Movie Haikus

Posted By: Kelly, on host 12.237.45.134
Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at 13:11:38
In Reply To: Re: Movie Haikus posted by Faux Pas on Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at 05:19:13:

> > My writing teacher told me that a proper haiku is about the seasons; the same form on any other subject is a senryu.
>
> From the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, via Atomica:
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> Senryu: a Japanese poem structurally similar to the haiku but primarily concerned with human nature. It is usually humorous or satiric. Used loosely, the term means a poem similar to the haiku that does not meet the criteria for haiku.
>
> Haiku: an unrhymed Japanese poem recording the essence of a moment keenly perceived, in which nature is linked to human nature. It usually consists of 17 jion (Japanese symbol-sounds). The term is also used for foreign adaptations of the haiku. These poems are usually written in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables.
>
> -Faux "finder of things" Pas

Updated Haikus (since mine were the ones that started this thread and I apparently have excess syllables)

DIE HARD
Bruce versus bad guys
See the pretty explosions
Cue up "Ode to Joy"

Moulin Rouge

Let us sing, my love
Let's dance together, my love
Enough of that! Die.

Usual Suspects

Who's Kaiser Sose?
Well not me. I have a limp.
What? Huh? Him? Huh? What?

Kel"everyone happy now?"ly :)

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Message:	> > > My writing teacher told me that a proper haiku is about the seasons; the same form on any other subject is a senryu. > > > > From the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, via Atomica: > > > > Senryu: a Japanese poem structurally similar to the haiku but primarily concerned with human nature. It is usually humorous or satiric. Used loosely, the term means a poem similar to the haiku that does not meet the criteria for haiku. > > > > Haiku: an unrhymed Japanese poem recording the essence of a moment keenly perceived, in which nature is linked to human nature. It usually consists of 17 jion (Japanese symbol-sounds). The term is also used for foreign adaptations of the haiku. These poems are usually written in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. > > > > -Faux "finder of things" Pas > > Updated Haikus (since mine were the ones that started this thread and I apparently have excess syllables) > > DIE HARD > Bruce versus bad guys > See the pretty explosions > Cue up "Ode to Joy" > > Moulin Rouge > > Let us sing, my love > Let's dance together, my love > Enough of that! Die. > > Usual Suspects > > Who's Kaiser Sose? > Well not me. I have a limp. > What? Huh? Him? Huh? What? > > Kel"everyone happy now?"ly :)
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