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This
hard cover, very nicely printed book on quality paper, has
94 general poems and 153 haiku and, mostly, senryu. The
general poems have a large variety of themes and styles:
witty, poignant, psychological, Jewish themes, humorous,
urban settings, and many about children.
From
the haiku and senryu, a few of my many favorites:
pointing,
laughing
as they try on wigs—
children on chemo |
•
Auschwitz
survivor
stares at grandsons’s arm:
skull-and-bones tattoo |
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old
Southern lady
punctuating each insult
with "Bless her heart" |
•
graduation
day—
under their robes,
T-shirts and tattoos |
•
stunned
fiancé—
her gown’s price tag
has a comma |
•
three-year-old’s
ears . . .
ER doctor performs
raisinectomy |
•
Christian
photographer
prompts Jewish bride:
Smile, Jesus loves you |
•
girlfriend’s
parents
can’t see beyond
his Asian eyes |
Good
reading in several genres.
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