A Loon; A Sea (part one)
It was an angry sea that day
but loons were laughing in its face
and poking at its eye, diving
to that deep and hidden place
where calmer waters fill the brain
with something from the zen of Maine.
A THOUSAND HILLS
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Masaoka Shiki — the fellow who attempted to “reform” hokku into what he
called “haiku” near the beginning of the 20th century — wrote a lot of bad
verses, ...
6 days ago

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