Create your own Pokémon Senryū

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Follow in Professor Orchid's footsteps and try your hand at Pokémon senryū. A senryū is a poem that has 17 syllables or less that's about a Pokémon or a character of the Anime.

For example, one of the first Pokémon Senryū to be seen in the Anime was "A Raichu, one per household; private power generator."

So, make your own senryū about pokémon or character you like!

This is the format of a senryuu, taking from Wikipedia:

Senryū (川柳?, literally 'river willow') is a Japanese form of short poetry similar to haiku in construction: three lines with 17 or fewer total morae (or "on", often translated as syllables, but see the article on onji for distinctions). Senryū tend to be about human foibles while haiku tend to be about nature, and senryū are often cynical or darkly humorous while haiku are more serious. Unlike haiku, senryū do not include a kireji (cutting word), and do not generally include a kigo, or season word.
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Here's one:

Zestful Deino
Eyes shaded by wispy hair
Bite bite bite!
 
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A senryu has a 5-7-5 syllable format, guys. Try again.

But hey, I guess I can post the ones I rewrote from actual senryu straight from the anime:

Let us run a race
The Sand shouts "Get on your marks
One, two, three, let's go"

The Rafflesia
always walk in the lush shade
of their own petals

See? Not hard.
 
He watches Iris
He will smell her hair at night
Oh, Yoshihiko!

Tepig sneezes flame
I fell down, down, down
In to a burning ring of fire
 
Adamant said:
A senryu has a 5-7-5 syllable format, guys. Try again.
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That's a haiku. Although a senryu can be written in that way, it doesn't have to be in 5-7-5 format. Also, haikus focus on nature, while senryus don't.

Here's another one:

Leafy bulbasaur
stares green with envy
at the bulbous venusaur
 
Iris has big hair
Purple, pretty, powerful
Smells like dragon poop

Cilan's tasting time
It's fun and easy to like
But he has bad taste
 
Updated the first post with the format of a senryuu.

Fair Aestivate
the noobiest mod
updates threads. :3c
 
How many is the limit, because I have a few =)

Dragon Haxorus
Tusks like great mighty axes
Trees better beware

Luminous Lampent
A ghostly flame burns within
Friend or enemy?

Plump nurse Audino
She heals friends and foes alike
What a gentle heart
 
Paperhorse said:
That's a haiku. Although a senryu can be written in that way, it doesn't have to be in 5-7-5 format.
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It usually is (and a haiku doesn't have to follow that format either), and it still needs to follow the specific style that's much easier to get across with that format (and which your attempts completely lack).
 
It was simply an attempt, and this thread is a game. Attempts are fine. They do not need to be perfect. You do not need to go on and on about it; anymore and I will consider it a personal attack against another user.
 
Dragonite
Chivalry may be dead
But this knight is beyond alive


IT'S HAIKU TIME
Paul's vicious Aggron
known as a slow monster but
it's a nobel beast
 
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I hope you guys don't mind the number of these things I put down. I just go with that comes to mind at the time. XD

Grass snake Snivy
Catches the sun in its tail
Nothing worries it

Flame piglet Tepig
Snorts flames when feeling healthy
Smoke if feeling ill

Chipper Oshawott
Its weapon is a seashell
Takes great care of it

Steel mole Excadrill
Claws like enormous shovels
Quite strong, isn't it?
 
A wrathful Scraggy
Headbutts everything in sight
Cuteness hides power

Fiery Tepig
Were he cooked a bit longer
Would be burnt bacon
 
Wry purple feline
The sommelier's nemesis
Purrloin, it's a trap
 
Iris's Axew,
Dragon Rage is oh so hard,
You'll learn it some day.
 
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