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Green iron teapot
steams with unwrapped darjeeling.
Outside, teacup moon.
Sea winds at the Golden Gate;
Still air at noon and midnight.
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Haiku Daybook
The Haiku Daybook will record 365 extemporaeneous short poems in the traditional haiku or medieval tanka forms: one poem for every day of the year. This is equal parts writing exercise, life's record, & mnemonic aide.
The haiku's 5-7-5 syllabic structure is familiar to most readers. Its predecessor, the tanka, includes a couplet of 7 syllable lines as a kind of epigram.
Memory is the intent, writing is the means, poetry is the method- & brevity is the relief!
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Friday, December 09, 2005
steams with unwrapped darjeeling.
Outside, teacup moon.
Sea winds at the Golden Gate;
Still air at noon and midnight.
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