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THE WIND OF AUTUMN

Sometimes I like to take an old hokku and modify it to make it fit an American environment: An abandoned house; The wind of autumn Over the bare floor.  This is a “harmony of similarity” hokku, in which we feel … Continue reading

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KNOWING WHEN TO BE SILENT

Edward Richard Burton Shanks wrote a poem titled “A Night-Piece” in the “Georgian” period of English poetry (1910-1936) — a work a bit overlong that ends with these words: Again . . . again! The faint sounds rise and fail. … Continue reading

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