Alphabet City

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  Heather's Starting End

  March 10, 2015 at 10:38 am

  This is brilliant! I just started to try my first Haiku last night. I am glad to have seen this. I adore it and “get” it. Most I don’t. Hats off, great work!

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    Chagall

    March 10, 2015 at 10:22 pm

    You are very kind! Thank you. Perhaps if you get it, it is not good haiku? 🙂 🙂 —Chagall

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      Heather's Starting End

      March 10, 2015 at 10:27 pm

      Really???? Are they supposed to be so twisted???

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        Chagall

        March 10, 2015 at 10:41 pm

        No! I was only kidding. 🙂 They can certainly be clever though. It’s an interesting small form that lends itself to a heck of a lot of variation. See Ginsberg’s American Sentence for an interesting variation on the form. Also, FWIW, search Alphabet City for Loku, a form of my own. —Carlos

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          Heather's Starting End

          March 10, 2015 at 10:45 pm

          Thank you! So many I really don’t have the feel for. It seems that as I started to look into the rules of it, I am now reading them with an appreciation and understanding that I didn’t have. Truly not so easy!!!!!

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