These haiku were written as commentary on social situations arising among haijin (haiku poets) themselves. Haiku has a long (although perhaps not proud) tradition of using haiku to make social points. Reading this type of haiku is like hearing one sentence in a heated argument.
“Whoa, Basho sure had his knickers in a knot about something.”
These haiku are long beyond their pull date, but this retrospective is lining them up anyway.
in the folds of a peach pit ~
juicy discovery
3 April 2000
hairy crab oolong ~
my breath ripples the liquid
in the tilted cup
4 April 2000
an ass brays in the street ~
the brush in his hand
finishes the stroke
5 April 2000
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