Vainglorious
The issue of our lives,
you see—they’re just invention.
Nothing’s real but life
itself; the rest is fiction.
Some are better story-
tellers, start at once
upon a time and go.
And some will wait in vain
for greater truths to show.
~Son Rivers 2006
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, ...
4 days ago
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