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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_ow22bFxIqP62cz+BI086TQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Thanks so much to Steve for the further thoughts on insect haiku, and = the offerings from his Japanese friend. I esp. like Issa's cricket and = firefly poems, two I'd never come across before. Below I've taken the = liberty, for those interested, of cutting and pasting a haiku handout = I've distributed in classes many times. It includes many haiku -- most = in translation, many involving nature imagery -- and concludes with a = listing of haiku books. For those intrigued by insects, I'd esp. = recommend the three books of translations from Kobayashi Issa. Steve, = I'm not surprised your friend found Hughes' crane-fly poem a hard go, = since in its metaphorical density and layered imagery it's in some ways = the opposite of a haiku's firefly-light brevity. Brian HAIKU
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