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    Haiku, Etc
    Haiku, Etc
    Haiku, Etc
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    Haiku, Etc

    By Michael Neal Morris

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    Haiku, Etc. takes a modern approach to haiku and its related forms, without losing sight of a variety of traditions. The book contains three sections. First, is "before me the black road curves," which includes haiku, senryu, and tanka poems. Next comes a selection of three renga titled "crossings." Closing the book is a section titled "outline of distant trees," a selection of eyeku (haiku written in response to pictures -- photos not included).

    Instead of the tradition arrangement of poems by seasons, the author has elected to present most of the pieces in a reverse chronological order, allowing the readers to take their own journeys in and out of the images and events.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael Neal Morris
    Release dateJul 12, 2018
    ISBN9780463035641
    Haiku, Etc
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    Michael Neal Morris

    Michael Neal Morris is the author of Based on Imaginary Events, Release, Haiku, Etc., Music for Arguments, In Domestic News and other books. He has published a number of stories, poems, and essays both online and in print. He teaches Composition and Creative Writing at Eastfield College in Mesquite. He lives with his wife, children, and two snarky cats just outside the Dallas area.

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      Haiku, Etc - Michael Neal Morris

      Haiku, etc.

      by

      Michael Neal Morris

      Copyright 2018 by Michael Neal Morris

      Smashwords Edition

      ISBN: 9780463035641

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      Table of Contents

      Preface

      before me the black road curves: haiku, senryu, and tanka

      crossings: three renga

      outline of distant trees: pictureless eyeku

      Acknowledgements

      Other books of poetry by Michael Neal Morris

      About the author

      Preface

      The less a writer, particularly a poet, says about their

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