I'm in a rush, Stuart - sorry. I'll respond to all these tomorrow. But my first question is: what is the narrator point of view? It seems that someone...
Absolutely gorgeous, Jane. You are flowering again.
We are getting very good stuff on this forum suddenly! These are true haiku, Karen, and very strong. I love the first four to bits, and the pine tree ...
Wonderful, Jane! You have hit a hot streak. These are the best you have done for a long time, with a beautiful sense of cycladic rhythms and time and ...
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I like the subject - I'm a pushover for this, it rings my bell and I have a Pavlovian excitement. The double entwining of the haiku is charming and sc...
I'm still asking myself detective-story questions. The Mercedes is clearly not the narrator's ride, so what is? Something equally sinister. Which char...
I've been away on sesshin (Jane Spray was there too!) and this was the perfect haibun to return to. It catches the reverent, quiet , vividly ordinary ...
I love these wistful, atmospheric, porcupine distance relationships you do, in down-at-heel places. Is this how humans are? It certainly captures rela...
As a small boat sailor I can't overcome my scepticism, much as I would like to. But I offer a new haiku, a combination of observation in the New Fores...
Dear Jonathan The viewpoint from bed, or rather listening point from bed, on the storm is lovely and the storm is vivid. I like the hunkered city. I d...
Dear Stuart, I don't feel competent to comment on tanka. I've never taken any interest in them or seen the point of them, and so never studied them an...