BC18. Does God see us?
Creation runs downriver,
waves of vision
endlessly rolling
galaxies and charm
quarks, sun and grass,
Adam and Spider Woman...
We’re sitting on the riverbank,
abstracted,
building castles
in the sediment
—when tripping, falling in
the stream, we see
the sight of owls,
or some such prophecy.
~Son Rivers 2005
SYLLABLES AND ESSENTIAL WORDS
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Those of you who are regular readers here already know that in hokku we do
not use a strict syllable count. Many writers of modern haiku still use a
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