Thanks to two appointments that resulted in waiting-room
reading opportunities — one with a mechanic, one with my
primary care physician — I finally read David G. Lanoue’s
latest haiku novel, Haiku Wars. We discussed the book
at length here.
Like Prof. Lanoue’s prior haiku novels — Haiku Guy (2000;
our mini-review), Laughing Buddha (2004) [both from
2005) — Haiku Wars was fun and enlightening, and filled
with fine haiku by Kobayashi Issa and by David Lanoue.
Here are a few from David Lanoue:
the green jello-gives a wiggleearthquake
old friends
in the rice field
Mars and the moon
dark swirlsin tombstone marbleI want ice cream
old man in the waves
looking like
he lost something
the only cicadawithout a girlfriend . . .dusk
…….. potluck
If you’ve been following the great Curmudgeon “instant cult classic“ puffery
debate, see our sunday buffet update. The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Practicing Law