--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > On Jul 21, 2005, at 2:16 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
> > 
> > > It is common knowledge that poetry lovers have been frustrated
> > > by the fact that no poet has chosen to express Jewish themes
> > > and feelings in the haiku style (three unrhymed lines of five,
> > > seven, and five syllables respectively). Filling this gap in poetic
> > > iterature, David M. Bader has recently written a book entitled,
> > > "Haikus for Jews." Here are a few examples of his poetry:
> > 
> > mantra went away
> > and the quiet place arose
> > I cannot recall
> > 
> > rajas bald dome not
> > the silent space I hoped for
> > the money I gave
> > 
> > wires on cranium
> > fill the place where schoolboys once
> > thought aloud with words
> > 
> > my badge was taken
> > when thoughts made words written down
> > fell upon the eyes
> 
> old man's portrait hangs
> in empty domes and centers
> no laughter, no light

Cute, but none of these have a kijo (season word) in them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigo




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