Gaining the Hill
Over the rainbow and riddle
the sky with bulleted points,
light moments, and conclusions,
Johnny B. Better would scale
a jillion hills to make
a pile of disillusion-
ment. Not for nothing we deal
in hearts and minds and want
for not but soul transfusions.
~Greg Perry 2007
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...
1 week ago

2 comments:
Great stuff to be had here...much enjoyed.
Great poem.
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