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
FROM RHYTHM TO STRESS IN HOKKU
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Most of you already know the notion that hokku is seventeen syllables
arranged in a 5/7/5 pattern is wrong. Many people were taught that in
modern haiku (b...
4 days ago

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