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SHASHIN-KAKU HAIKU   began after a submission rejection from Inkstone Magazine in the Fall of 1983. One of the editors, Denise Coney, stated: "Please excuse the long delay in responding. I regret to say that we did not find anything among your submissions that we wanted to use but please do try us again. In their present form your submissions are not haiku, but more like still photos. We suggest you pick up a copy of Henderson's Introduction to Haiku, as we feel that you do have the ability to produce better work! Good luck in your other areas of poetry." In the Spring of 1984 the haiku were published under the title Photographs, with the dedication to Denise, and I think she has ill feelings about it to this day!

Three years later I developed a style of haiku based on the suggestion Ms Coney made that the originals were like "still photos" and had the essay published as a Chapbook in 1987 with Hamilton Haiku Press. It was published under the title (in Japanese script) ''Uketorinin. ''A further editing and revision occurred in 1991 when it was published in the BookClub BookLit Series of the Canadian Poetry Association. It was reprinted with additional haiku in March of 1993 in the Literary Review of Canada (Toronto) and appears in its > further =  final draft below. '''  SHASHIN ‑ KAKU HAIKU '''



<span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">In developing a new haiku style of poetry, I had to come up with a name. During my investigations into the history of haiku (l) I came across two Japanese words that I have chosen to describe this new style; Shashin, meaning photograph and Kaku, meaning picture (to sketch or draw).

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">The first line is made up of up to two words of no more than three syllables or two feet (2), a foot is one breath‑stress producing either one or two syllables. The rhythm of Japanese poetry is based on the beat of stress rather than on the number of syllables (3). The only restrictions placed on the first line are that it must let the reader know exactly what it is you want to talk about and it must be connected to the second line in continuity of thought.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">The structure of the second line is made up of up to six syllables or three feet and acts as an ending thought to the first line and must show no contrast. The object of the first and second lines is to `paint a picture' that will leave a very strong impression on the mind of the reader. A `photograph' that says everything. Subjective, maudlin ideas and rhyme are not accepted.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Use of non‑traditional haiku themes is encouraged, however, traditional seasonal themes with provocative content are acceptable. The overall feelings and ideas embodied in the first two, 2 ‑ 3 beat, lines must be clear and concise with no hidden images.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">The third line, as in the haiku, is the contrast line with less syllables than in the second line, two to three feet (five syllables). Shashin‑kaku must make a clear statement about life and the world around us.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">The best method of dealing with the writing of Shashin‑kaku haiku is to compare it with the traditional and modern haiku of Japan as well as with the modern haiku style. Traditionally, the Japanese haiku style in English consists of a 5‑7‑5 syllable or 3‑4‑3 beat (4) poem with a seasonal word or theme. The haiku form in any language is a triplet verse of 3‑4‑3 beats. Fundamentally, haiku is not syllabic poetry (5). It is the haiku in the Japanese language that the syllables are counted and not necessarily the English translations. Haiku as a verse form is more than four hundred years old with its origin in the haikai, a light hearted linked verse consisting of 36, 50 or 100 verses composed by a team of poets. The opening verse, called the hokku, was in three lines of 5‑7‑5 syllables with the second verse a 7‑7 syllable couplet.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">The hokku was the most important as it set the tone for the rest of the poem and through the works of Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), in his travels, wrote hokku (linked verse) alone without the verses that followed and cleared the path for the birth of haiku ‑ completely independent hokku. (6)

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Basho: <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">''<span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">furike ya/kawazu tabikomu/mizu no oto ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">The old pond

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">a frog jumps in

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">sound of water

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">On the way to the outhouse

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">the white of the moonflower

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">by torchlight

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif""> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">I don <span style="font-family:"WPTypographicSymbols";mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:"WPTypographicSymbols"">= <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">t know

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">which tree it comes from,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">that fragrance (6a)'' ''

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Modern Japanese haiku dates from the time of Shiki, circa 1896, when he and his followers broke with traditional haiku thought and strove to appeal directly to emotion and abhor wordiness, leaning towards a diffuse style, as well as detaching themselves from any lineage of classical haiku masters, creating a new haiku. They respected the poem more than the poet. (7)

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Kyoshi: <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">''<span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">tenjutsu‑no/utsurite karashi/koto no mizu ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">the sun in the sky

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">is mirrored darkly on the water

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">where tadpoles live

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Kijo: <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">''<span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">hara‑suma ya/butsukari uruku/mekura‑inu ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">cold day in spring

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; tab-stops:-1.0in"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">bumping into this and that

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">a blind dog walking (8)

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"PMingLiU","serif";mso-hansi-font-family:"SakkalMajalla"; mso-bidi-font-family:PMingLiU;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Adrianne Kerr says:'' I have a new Japanese friend -Makido- and she has explained to me that for the Japanese, perhaps the most representative poetic genre -the one that expresses their innermost feelings, their "soul" -is the haiku, the shortest of poetic forms. Through only 17 syllables, it seeks to convey vividly the feeling and the image of the now-the moment; it most tellingly brings into play the special characteristics of the Japanese language -the broad range of meaning and the vivid imagery of each word and phrase -wow, what an undertaking! ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in">''<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"PMingLiU","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"SakkalMajalla";mso-bidi-font-family:PMingLiU; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The origin of haiku itself can be traced back to the "renga" (linked verse)  that first appeared during the Kamakur period (1192-1333 A.D.)  and reached the height of its popularity during the Muromachi period (1338-1573). "Renga" emphasized satire and wit; two or more persons gathered to participate in its composition, with one composing the "choku," or "Kaminoku" (long, or upper, hemistich of three lines of five, seven and five syllables) and the other wittingly countering with the "tanku", or "shimionoku" (short, or lower hemistich of two lines of seven syllables each). Towards the close of the Muromachic period, a more broad-humoured and jocular form of renga developed, and this strain of renga came to be known as "haiku-renga" (witty or humorous linked verse). ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in">''<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"PMingLiU","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"SakkalMajalla";mso-bidi-font-family:PMingLiU; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The haiku-renga ranked considerably below the traditional renga, but rose in standing during the Edo period (1603-1867) and came to deal more with refined wit and humour. And the kaminoku gradually became independent of the shimonku to become todays haiku (although it was called haikai until the dawn if the Meiji Era in 1868.  <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PMingLiU","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"SakkalMajalla";mso-bidi-font-family:PMingLiU; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"PMingLiU","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"SakkalMajalla";mso-bidi-font-family:PMingLiU; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">But it was Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) perhaps one of the foremost poets in the country's literary history, who established the fame and status of the haiku.  Basho was an itinerant poet who travelled the length and breadth of the country and with keen perception caught the refined and sublime in the common, everyday scene; he tried to catch the voice from the innermost recess of the peoples soul. ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in">''<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"PMingLiU","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"SakkalMajalla";mso-bidi-font-family:PMingLiU; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Here is one of Basho's better known works with an approximate translation. ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">''<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"PMingLiU","serif";mso-hansi-font-family:"SakkalMajalla"; mso-bidi-font-family:PMingLiU;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Na -tsu  ku-sa ya         The grasses of summer ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">''<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"PMingLiU","serif";mso-hansi-font-family:"SakkalMajalla"; mso-bidi-font-family:PMingLiU;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Tsu-wa mo-no do-mo ga     of the warriors ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">''<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"PMingLiU","serif";mso-hansi-font-family:"SakkalMajalla"; mso-bidi-font-family:PMingLiU;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Yu-me  no a -to           These remain but dreams. ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"PMingLiU","serif";mso-hansi-font-family:"SakkalMajalla"; mso-bidi-font-family:PMingLiU;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">  

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; tab-stops:-1.0in">''<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"PMingLiU","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"SakkalMajalla";mso-bidi-font-family:PMingLiU; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Natsu kusa, or "grasses of summer," is the key phrase; orthodox haiku deals with a specific season of the year. '<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"PMingLiU","serif";mso-hansi-font-family: "SakkalMajalla";mso-bidi-font-family:PMingLiU;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">(8a) '<span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">  ''<span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Haiku in present day Japan still has a seasonal theme as with the modern form yet distinguishes itself from traditional form. North America has no haiku tradition. Most 'modern' writings are based on what has already been written and translated. Haiku in Canada today, has a much more free style form where content and structure are concerned. The seasonal theme can be found in most of the Canadian haiku but there is no set beat, or 5‑7‑5 syllabic structure. Jones, in his book The Brave Never Write Poetry (Coach House Press, Toronto 1985), found himself in 1982 <span style="font-family:"WPTypographicSymbols"; mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-hansi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family: "WPTypographicSymbols"">A ''<span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">in a direction out of my current sense of emptiness [in] zen buddhism & the composition of haiku. While my experiments with zen philosophy and meditation proved futile, my interest in haiku was enriched by a wide reading of traditional and contemporary Japanese haiku in translation. . . That autumn I found myself in the role of secretary of the Haiku Society of Canada and organizing a massive reading at Harbourfront. . . Rather than encouraging me, this brought about my complete disillusionment with haiku. What I discovered was a mass of hobbyists imitating translations of centuries-old Japanese haiku. . . Everywhere the subject matter was foreign to that of contemporary North American existence. . .The few haikuists who were doing anything original were completely bogged down in lifeless exploitations of form and linguistics. I lashed out at the audience: Do you really want to hear this crap? <span style="font-family:"WPTypographicSymbols";mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:"WPTypographicSymbols"">@ ''<span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif""> (9a)

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Jones: <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">  

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Eating candy floss. ..

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Until we come to the crushed

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">cat in the road

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Cold, evening wind:

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">I give a wino

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">my last cigarette

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif""> spring morning

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">into the empty tavern

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">struts a pigeon

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">an old shoe

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">against the wall of an alley

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">worn again by leaves (9)

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">   '''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Faiers: '''<span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">the morning taste

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">of herb tea

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">in a styrofoam cup'' ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">  

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">LSD

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">these clouds reveal

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; tab-stops:-1.0in"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">too much moon              (10)

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Hryciuk: <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">just changed,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">he lay on my belly

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">the warm swell of pee (11)

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">The following samples of poems will introduce you to all the other, left over, haikuish, short poems which do not fit into the standard haiku form. These Shashin‑kaku follow the structure set down in the beginning of this essay. Some have been published in Going Down Goose Lane Toward Broken Jaw (Harmonia Press 2005). I have included samples of haiku by various poets that I feel fit into this style.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">abortion

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">is not for any man

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">missing my son

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">three girls

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">under an umbrella

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">acid rain

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Konya no/ shefu no chiri no dekibae/noraneko wa kamawazu <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">cooks chili

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">is bad tonight

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">stray cat is blind <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">A sip of wine

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">and a poets words

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">thoughts of home

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Serving Chai

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">in the once empty room

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">the warmth of you

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">  

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">   ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Yume no naka/Karera wa hitotsu ni/ga to naru ''<span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">(For Jones) <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">In a dream

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">they become one

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">moth and flame

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">sipping on Green Tea

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">across from <span style="font-family:"WPTypographicSymbols";mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:"WPTypographicSymbols"">> <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Old Loyalist Cemetery

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">long before <span style="font-family:"WPTypographicSymbols";mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:"WPTypographicSymbols"">> <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Vimy <span style="font-family:"WPTypographicSymbols";mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:"WPTypographicSymbols"">= <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Ryaoucha wo ajiwav/chigiri no ato no/kaori no naka de <span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Sipping Green Tea

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">after love settles the air

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">aroma <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Consuming

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">shape of sterile love

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Toronto track

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">  

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">''<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Suterippaa/guden guden ni yoi dore/ ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">futatsu no kuchi ga motomu yorokobi <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">stripper

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">beer sloshing in her brain

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">both mouths smile

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Outside Tobique

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Nation Drumming Circle

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Japanese tourist

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Wayne Scott Ray <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">gangs march

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">children thrusting guns

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">genocide

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Miki Mesiab <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">(unpublished) <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">among headstones

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">in the cemetery

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a condom

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">weeping

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">under her phoney crown

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">beauty queen

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Herb Barrett <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> (12)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">radio shouts

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">wars murders accidents

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">cat curled in sleep

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">in the mall

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">people munching food

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">in different languages

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">J.B. Reynolds <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> (12)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The following longer poems are composed of a main prose poem of twelve lines or less which begins and ends with a Shashin‑kaku Haiku of the same theme. I call this style Joge uta (upper and lower poem).

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">THE JUKE BOX <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">music blares

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">and in the restaurant

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a blind boy

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">I see you now

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">do you see my sounds

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">my vibration's

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">my music

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">quarter in the slot

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">play me

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">music plays me

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">plays you

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">my music box mouth

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">has no eyes

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">I feel your smile

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">feel mine

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">dark sounds

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">penetrate dark spaces

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">inside smile

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Wayne Scott Ray <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">OWL <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">For eight days

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">the owl is sleepless

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Hanukkah

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Kissing the warm moist

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">just below your heart

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">where the salt collects,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">your eyes follow the lines

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">across the ceiling as the lids

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">close slowly over them.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Swallowing the warm moist

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">of your sweet love

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">you become part of me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Your arching back slowly

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">obscures the face as

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">you smile, calling my name.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">The owl calls

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">from her protected nest.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Oh, a morning dove!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Wayne Scott Ray <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">they both hurt

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">fragile

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">as my friend's

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">brittle bones

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">aching

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">he tells his life

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">there is

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">no more time

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">eyes close

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">pain will end too soon

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">eternal sleep

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:.5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Miki Mesiab <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">in a woman's womb

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">(warped by drugs and

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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">BIBLIOGRAPHY <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">1. Ueda, M. (1978), Modern Japanese Haiku, University of Toronto

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">2. Okazaki, T. (1986), New Cicada Haiku, v. 3 N. 2 p25‑28

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">3. ibid.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">4. ibid.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">5. ibid.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">6a.Hass, R. (1994), The Essential Haiku. p. 3-7.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">6. Ueda, M. (1978), Modern Japanese Haiku, p 3‑23 &

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">7. ibid.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">8. ibid. p 54, p 94

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">8a.Kerr, Adrianne (1997) It <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"WPTypographicSymbols"; mso-ascii-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-hansi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-char-type: symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:"WPTypographicSymbols"">= '<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">s Better To Die Than '<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"PMingLiU","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:"SakkalMajalla";mso-bidi-font-family:PMingLiU; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> to want to be different <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> HMS Press

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">9a. Jones (1985), The Brave Never Write Poetry, Coach House Press, p.83

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">9. Jones (1984), Two Cops Kissing, HMS Press.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">10. Faiers,C. (1986), Foot Through The Ceiling, AYA Press

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">11. Hryciuk, M. (1985), This Is Hilarious, Unfinished Monument Press

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">12. Tidepool 4 and 5 (1987‑88), Hamilton Haiku Press

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