Zappai

Zappai (雑俳) is a form of Japanese poetry rooted in haikai. It is related to, but separate from, haiku and senryū. Lee Gurga defines zappai as a form of poetry that "includes all types of seventeen syllable poems that do not have the proper formal or technical characteristics of haiku."^[1] The Haiku Society of America mentioned zappai while defining similar forms^[2] though their comments were later rebutted by Richard Gilbert and Shinjuku Rollingstone.^[3]

Notes

^ Gurga, Lee. “Toward an Aesthetic for English Language Haiku” in Modern Haiku Vol. XXXI, No. 3 (Fall, 2000)
^ HSA Definitions
^ Simply Haiku, vol. 3, iss. 1

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[1] Gurga, Lee. “Toward an Aesthetic for English Language Haiku” in Modern Haiku Vol. XXXI, No. 3 (Fall, 2000)

[2] HSA Definitions

[3] Simply Haiku, vol. 3, iss. 1

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