Parade Day for Hungry Ghosts
by John Xavier
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A selection of recent haiku along with some supplementary essays. Also included are a few new free verse poems and two short screenplays.
151 pages. 22,154 words.
Sample Haiku:
wrestling sparrows /
deciding who owns
a patch of dirt
like one’s fingers
all touching on one’s hand /
Japanese maple leaves
between three
elder cherry trees
petals falling through light
music students
interrupt the chorus
of the cherry blossoms
mossy branches
at whip crack angles /
blossoms and blue sky
seated on grass /
his back turned to the
magnificent cherry trees
dandelions
and cherry petals /
Spring favors both
instead of clouds /
pale cherry blossoms
touching the sky
between myself
and this cherry tree
capitalism dies
