Gary Barwin

folio : Contemporary Haiku

 

 

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a e i o u
a e i o u & y
a e i o u

 

 

haikv
haikvii
haikv

 

knock knock who’s there? form
creates expectation. aren’t
you glad I didn’t

 

my approach is to
have a frog and a pond and
explore form and con

 

a haiku is a
a-ha moment because it
is just so so perfect

 

playing with the (im)
perfect felicity of
both form and content

 

my student wrote “does
it have to be five seven
five?” no, I replied

 

 

 

Gary Barwin is 
a Hamilton ON
writer and non-frog 

though he is webbed at
GaryBarwin dot com—so
sad: ancient leaves fall