July 18, 2008

• Senryu anyone?

  I should be working. I should be reading on the distinction between visual and aural in terms of cognitive learning. I should be boning up on some post-structural theory for a paper I plan to submit to a journal... um, last month. But noooooo.... It's summer. After a long academic year, I'm tired. So while I do intend to some of this work--in fact I am obliged to do the cognitive learning thang or return some grant money--but I wanna do something I haven't done here for a while: a Senryu salon. As many of you know, senryu is the short Japanese poetry that is structurally similar to haiku but has a completely different goal: To capture a universal human truth in a funny, sarcastic or ironic verse.

  Here are some links that explains what senryu is:

  November 10, 2003, May 07, 2004, and July 23, 2004

  Here is a sample of my comments if you want to participate.

  Senryu Results for July 2004.

  Anyway, I don't have a topic yet, so don't leave senryu poems willy nilly. I was just wondering if any of you would be interested in the senryu. If there is enough interest, I might hold a salon. As with previous salons, submissions are limited to subscribers or RBJ buddies only, must be in English and must be funny.

  Query: Senryu anyone?

  • 4:30 PM
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