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.
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