A senryu is a traditional Japanese form of poetry. The more famous name is "haiku", but authentic haiku must contain a seasonal element, while senryu can be of whatever topic. There is a syllable rule: The poem is composed of three lines - first line 5 syllables, second line 7 syllables, third line 5 syllables.
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It is believed to have been first written in the seventeenth century and is based on a Zen Buddhist philosophy of simplicity and the idea of perfection that excludes the extraneous.
I love your poem, which in just a few lines holds beautiful truths.
Love, Margherita
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On a dolphin’s back
I ride my ocean of tears
she giggles me through
senryu by Margherita