I don't dislike these sort of haikus, they have Kenneth's voice even in
their brevity.
On 5/25/07, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I'm agreeing with janet, though chinese poetry is mostly like that to me
> anyway.
> the first I did like for its haiku moment quality
>
> KS
>
> On 25/05/07, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I should never do that. I don't know where epigram ends and poem
> > begins, but Po Chu-I was sitting nearby.
> >
> > LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
> >
> > Young boys flail and triumph and fall
> > Fathers shout as though they understood.
> >
> > TORTURE
> >
> > The joy of the thumbscrew is the blessed second
> > when they are released
> > before the pain returns, anew.
> >
> > ASKING
> >
> > When I know what it is to be old
> > I will know I have come to the worst of all ends--
> > for I will open the door to my tired self.
> >
> > CHRISTINE
> >
> > Your forgotten self searches for its name
> > and, once found, present it to me
> > to prove how meaningless you've become.
> >
> > Experimental is all.
> >
> > ken
> >
> > --
> > ------------------
> > Ken Wolman rainermaria.typepad.com
> >
> > "It takes a big man to cry. It takes a really big man to
> > laugh at that man."
> >
>
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