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Rated: 18+ · Folder · Emotional · #801066
Every poet find his/her way to the Japanese forms...
I bet if you took a survey of poets, you'd find that at least one in five have written (or tried to write) a poem in a Japanese form. For me, my first experience writing poetry was with the haiku, which was back in sixth grade for reading class. It was a good haiku, but like some of my best poems, it is AWOL. Pity. In the meantime, I went beyond the haiku (both form and theme-wise). In here, you will find forms such as the Naga Uta, Dodoitsu and the Kyoka. Other forms may appear in the future, including the Tanka and the Choka.


First, "Invalid Item" Open in new Window. is a collection of senryus from my high school days written mostly after I survived said hellpit. High school was traumatizing at times, but I found that writing senryus about various aspects of it made the memories easier to bear.

Then there is "Imperfect World" Open in new Window., essentially a poetic waxing from a democratic point of view. Am I a democrat? No. I really don't feel I "git" into a political party. Even so, I lament what has happened to the government of the United States, and the haibun captures my shameful disgust.

One day, I was flipping through b_boonstra's poetry form journal when I came across the Naga Uta. It seemed so easy, so I gave it a try. "My Defeat" Open in new Window. (my first effort) may have won a contest, but "Lust" Open in new Window. flows more smoothly in this form. I've since gone on to test the limits of this length with "Caress/Evade" Open in new Window., which to my surprise has been successful.

On one of the poetry week's at The Writer's Cramp, one of the prompts involved the dodoitsu. Its length is little larger than a Dodo Bird's brain, but big things come in small packages. I let irony work its whiles in "Without You" Open in new Window.

After perusing Dr M C Gupta Author Icon's collection of poems pertaining to the United States, I was inspired to try the kyoka form. "Truman's Folly" Open in new Window. is perhaps a bit mean spirited as a kyoka, but nonetheless, Harry S Truman is not revered in this quick poem.

Finally, I made a string of senryu for my beloved Peggy, who died in January 2005. In this chain senryu, I celebrate our bond throughout the nearly twenty years my Sissy was alive. Read about my darling Doggy in "Pegasus" Open in new Window..


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    Truman's Folly  Open in new Window.
    Rated: ASR · Political · #1016530
    Ironic revisionist commentary on Harry S Truman, a mirror of twenty-first century America
    Without You  Open in new Window.
    Rated: ASR · Romance/Love · #827532
    Who? Me? Suffer? That's funny...
    Caress/Evade  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #1218459
    One man's flirt is another woman's disillusionment.
    Lust  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #823385
    We must free what has always driven us mad.
    My Defeat  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Emotional · #791737
    What you get for playin' with my heart on the job
    Pegasus  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Animal · #930214
    In memory of my beloved Peggy
    Imperfect World  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 18+ · Political · #735411
    A nation's struggle encapsuled in a haibun
    Follow Me in the Club  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Drama · #2303055
    Is there ever a good age for being in (or figuring out) the limelight?
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