George L. McDowell, Jr.  wrote:

> In addition to Tony Moss's latest, I suggest that
> the haiku would make an elegant form for sundial
> mottoes. Webster's Seventh defines 'haiku' as an
> unrhymed Japanese poem of three lines containing
> 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively and referring
> in some way to one of the seasons of the year.

 The Japanese use haiku on 'Hureem bells' (if my benefactor taught me how
to say it correctly).

These are small bells with a paper,  bearing the haiku, attahced by a
thread to the clapper. This causes the clapper to move gently with the
breeze and reminds the owner of the benefactor. Nice thought.

Paul Murphy

53* 17' N 06* 08' W
Horas non numero nisi serenas
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