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07/01/2004 22:55 #22512

media vomit
media vomits opinion over the uneducated
idiocy? rationality?
two heads of the same beast

07/01/2004 22:51 #22511

disheveled chaos: GWB effect
Absurdity gaths momentum
masses controlled by fear are
driven into disconnect

06/18/2004 21:33 #22510

yet to come?
Spark of cells dividing
Robs her waist, fills her life
makes me feel empty inside

06/08/2004 21:40 #22509

missing buffalo
Missing buffalo:
drunken thursdays in the square
and summer "naked fridays"

06/08/2004 21:33 #22508

"Western Haiku's"
5-7-5? No way! In case anyone is counting, let me introduce you to my form or lack thereof. Jack Kerouac and Michael McClure and the SanFrancisco Poetry renaissance started the concept of "Western Haiku." (I tend use them as they are easier to write and are still a fun way to get the point across.)
The basic 5-7-5 syllabic requirements are chucked but I try to stick with the thematic guidelines of the Japaneese haiku as mastered by Basho, Buson, and Issa, namely:
1) Seasonal references (kigo) to establish time and place
2)The moment seized and rendered purely, captured in an instant of Buddhist (or Zen) enlightenment
3)Reflections of particular consciousness, or point of view of the author, his or her lonliness, comedy or anger.

If interested check out (my inspiration) the book: the haiku year. Written by Tom Gilroy, Grant Lee Phillips, Michael Stipe, Anna Grace, Jim mcKay, Douglas A Martin, and Rick Roth.