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Book of the Week: Starting Something

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Carol Montgomery wrote some of the most memorable senryu in the language, many of which appeared in this volume (Los Hombres Press, 1992), so it is disappointing that she has been absentee from the haiku world for more than a decade.

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Haiku featured in the Book of the Week Archive are selected by Jim Kacian, following a concept first explored by Tom Clausen, and are used with permission.




	every Sunday
the marlin leaping
	from father’s necktie


spring drizzle
widower receives
his first get-well pie


a quick view
of the topless aprons
at the crafts fair . . .


passing the nature center
where we all thought
we wanted to work


retirement video:
for the rest of my life
free golf—


second husband
painting the fence
the same green

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  1. Part of a quote translated into English, in the book:

    “…At a hundred and ten, everything—every dot, every dash—will live.”
    — Hokusai

    Here every word, dot, dash, whether visible or not, has counted to make some fine senyru, from obvious to very subtle:

    hearing us argue,
    our old dog tiptoes past
    her empty water bowl

    late night
    shine of thumbtacks
    lost and found

    first doubts:
    each peony stem
    the same length

    As much as I love all three, the middle one will continue to crack me up all day, and giggling tonight.

    warm regards,

    Alan

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