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Wing Nuts
Screwy Haiku
By Janeczko, Paul B. & Tusa, Tricia
- ISBN
- 978-0-31660-731-5
- Publisher
- New York : Little, Brown, 2006.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2006
Gr 2-6 This book introduces senryu, a Japanese verse form that can involve the evasive, the punny, the parodic, and the slapstick. As the back cover explains, -What is a senryu?/A funny poem that is/Almost haiku-ckoo. - On the title page, readers find a youngster in pursuit of a renegade ball (a metaphor for the poetic style). It takes the boy down a ladder, below ground to a wacky parallel universe where everything familiar is turned upside down. As the chase continues, a series of delightful poems...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
