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Book of the Week: This Is Hilarious

hryciuk_thisishilariouscoverMarshall Hryciuk has long enjoyed a reputation for disrupting the comfortable flow of the haiku (and any other) world. Proof that his irreverence (much of it self-referential) dates back decades can be had from his first writings, such as this early chapbook, from Unfinished Monument Press in 1985.

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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.


urine and propane in the air
the streetcar waits alone
for the light to change


                     of all places
the sun set
at Brunswick and Bloor


in the hiss
of snow on frozen snow
goldenrod stalks


feeling me for the first time, i discover
you’re lefthanded


just changed
he lay on my belly
the warm swell of pee


this is hilarious
  “
being me

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