Authors' Note: The palinku is a recently invented poetic form. Able to boast a length of only three lines, it has like the haiku, its source of inspiration (and the senryu, a lighter, lesser-known, but entertaining haiku-variant), a demand for terseness, word compression and poignancy. But, moreover, each three lines must be composed only of words that are part of brief English palindromic words, phrases or short sentences. You can discover examples right here on this blog-site, published on the 17th of each month. With their short length, palinkus can accumulate quickly and there are now over 60 of them. Our original creations of this type are displayed on this blog starting August 2020. The most recent, dealing with the American political situation, can be found HERE. Enjoy !
* learn more HERE about senryu, a lesser-known Japanese short poem that shares many of the physical characteristics of haiku (nominally 17 'on' / syllables in three non-rhyming lines), but deals in a satiric or humorous way with human foibles rather than with Nature.
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