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…<\/p>\nat last in his coffin
\ndepressed friend
\nis smiling<\/p>\n
… by George Swede – Prune Juice<\/a><\/em> (Issue 1<\/a>, Winter 2009)<\/p>\n morning after\u2014 …. by Jim Kacian – Prune Juice<\/em> (Issue 1<\/a>)<\/p>\n \n Senryu<\/a> are structured like haiku, and kyoda like tanka<\/a>, but their focus is different.\u00a0 As Alexis explains<\/a>:<\/p>\n “Senryu generally emphasize human foibles and frailties, usually satirically, ironically, humorously. Season words are not necessary nor usual in senryu. Kyoka have a different history than senryu; nevertheless, for modern kyoka in English, the definition is similar: a poem in the tanka form but with the satirical, ironic, humorous aspects of senryu.<\/span>a poem in the tanka form but with the satirical, ironic, humorous aspects of senryu.”<\/span><\/p>\n Agreeing with the bumper sticker<\/a> from StickEm2\/CafePress, Alexis tells us that senyru “is an outlet, a therapy of sorts.”\u00a0 She wants poets and readers to use senryu and kyoka to help reveal and share their real emotions, saying in her introduction to Issue I<\/a>:<\/p>\n “I hope this issue inspires you to step up, to come and mingle with the rest of us\u2014to make a toast with a glass of prune juice in honor of the plum blossoms who, without that delicious metaphorical elixir that gets things moving, would not exist. And if you are one who hides behind a potted plant, come out come out whoever you are.”<\/p>\n Alexis seeks to publish senryu and kyoka that range from “gently humorous to the most wicked satire”\u00a0 — and advises that “Our tastes run towards the wicked end of the scale.”<\/p>\n Here are a few more poems by members of our f\/k\/a family of Honored Guest Poets<\/a> from Prune Juice<\/a>: Journal of Senryu and Kyoka<\/em> (Issue 1<\/a>, Winter 2009):<\/p>\n blind date\u2014 ……… by Roberta Beary<\/p>\n Instead of an air conditioner . . . … by Tom Clausen<\/p>\n new to the group\u2014 … by Jim Kacian<\/a><\/p>\n \n reading of the will \n \n the feud continues\u2014 \n first ice …… by George Swede<\/a> – Prune Juice<\/a><\/em> (Issue 1<\/a>, Winter 2009)<\/p>\n .. click for an annual subscription<\/a> to the Prune Juice<\/a> <\/em>print edition ($32 with S&H) p.s. Seven-Day Countdown: <\/strong><\/em>Speaking of feeling our emotions, getting things moving and setting ourselves free, the f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang plans to stop adding to this weblog as of March 1, 2009.\u00a0\u00a0 It will remain online, with thousands of haiku and senryu, and a lot of law-related and cultural punditry. But, the last f\/k\/a<\/em> posting will roll off your Editor’s fingers no later than Feb. 28, 2009. We’ll try to write a few more posts related to lawyer fees before we hang up our blawger sword; then we’ll be looking for something more enjoyable and less stressful to do online.\u00a0 Naturally, we’ll have a little more to say when we sign off at the end of this week.<\/p>\n afterwords<\/em><\/strong>: Many thanks to Scott Greenfield at Simply Justice<\/em> for his kindly post reacting to my announcement that f\/k\/a<\/em> is closing down production. See “Phoenix Rising<\/a>” (Feb. 24, 2009)<\/p>\n the pond ices over – early March \u2013 small sad face \u2026\u2026.. by David Giacalone<\/a> – Simply Haiku<\/a><\/em> (Autumn 2006, Vol. 4 no. 3)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …. Prune Juice Journal … at last in his coffin depressed friend is smiling … by George Swede – Prune Juice (Issue 1, Winter 2009) morning after\u2014 what\u2019s left of the cheese has a bite …. by Jim Kacian – Prune Juice (Issue 1) .. 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\nwhat\u2019s left of the cheese
\nhas a bite<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2009\/02\/alexis1.jpg\")
<\/a> .. H<\/em><\/strong>aiku legend Alexis Rotella<\/a> has uncorked her first distillation of Prune Juice<\/a>: Journal of Senryu and Kyoka<\/em> (Issue 1<\/a>, Winter 2009), which she describes as a biannual print and digital journal “dedicated to publishing and promoting fine senryu and kyoka in English.”\u00a0 Issue 1 offers more than 130 poems by about four dozen haijin, many of them very well-known for their well-crafted poems and wry insight into human nature.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2009\/02\/33241497v2_350x350_front-300x99.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2009\/02\/prunejuicelogosmall.jpg\")
<\/a> Frankly, the curmudgeons in the f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang like to sip, rather than swig, senryu. And, we’re a little wary (maybe even weary) of editors and poets trying to give us shocking or “wicked” poems.\u00a0 So, we plan to decant our Prune Juice<\/em> a little at a time. With Alexis Rotella at the helm, however, we’re pretty sure a lot of readers will be filling their cup to the brim with Prune Juice<\/em>, and asking for refills.<\/p>\n
\nthe jangle
\nof handcuffs<\/p>\n
\nI return
\nwith popsicles<\/p>\n
\nsitting in back with
\nthe artificial plants<\/p>\n
\ncremated mother
\nrematerializes<\/p>\n
\nshoveled snow piled high
\non the property line<\/p>\n
\non mother\u2019s gravestone . . .
\nher tea time<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.prunejuicejournal.com\/images\/covers\/prunejuice_1_medium.jpg\")
..<\/p>\n
\nimpressionist to
\ncubist overnight<\/p>\n\n
\nthe weather vane goose
\nstill heading south<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
\nin the puddle \u2013
\nlast weekend\u2019s snowman<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n