Haiku ~ 2004

Discreet language is
Tactful and fosters habits
Of thinking free thoughts.

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Dance arabesques move
Across voids where time's rapids
Forever stand still.

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One does not have to
Say a lot to say a lot.
Saying less is more.

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Die Setzung ist die
Satzung. Der Streit ist zwischen
Der Not and dem Recht.

(The Sentence is the
Law. Need and Right are locked in
Warfare constantly.)

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Goethe's elves do not
Judge. They carry afflictions
With grace and ease.

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What is a good name
For a dog with six legs?
Say "Supercortemaggiore".

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Fantasy may look
Autonomous. Really.
Reality chuckles.

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Imaginings fail
To perceive their own flaws.
Vanity's blind spots.

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Counter-ecstatic
Ultimaticities of
Basho: ALL frogs jump.

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Believing you have
The answer(s) to countless wrongs,
How clueless you are.

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To see what is there
Climb a tall tree at field's edge.
The center moves on.

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To think is to walk
A taut tightrope across the
Abyss in the dark.

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To think is to bridge
The abyss. Balance results
By moving ahead.

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Matter matters and
Matters matter. O how little
Verbs differ from nouns.

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Plato could never
Make up his mind. He did not
Have to. Truth unfolds.

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Will man prevail? Does
He want to? Does it matter?
The odds look quite odd.

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How to find jurors
To try peerless persons by
A jury of peers

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WORDS count and replace syllables:
An experiment in framing thoughts and questions
By the form of HAIKU:

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Common decency is a standard
Expression while common excellence is seen as
A contradiction in terms. Why?

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Statecraft is built on perfidy,
Priest craft on outright deception: combined they
Hold the mind hostage. Freedom good-bye.


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Prometheus did
Invent matchsticks. Scientists
Collect the royalties.

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A hai-ku a day
Keeps the doctors away if
You know what to say.

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Philosophical
Discourse is hybrid; toxic
And noxious proscribed.

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Leave all resentment
To others. Philosophy
Thrives once it's contained.

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To be a mole but
Not have mole-intellect
Serves Intelligence.

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Say do the stars shine
When nobody looks? Yes and
They keep up the show.

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How to distinguish
Expression and explosion?
Form only can tell.

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Pebbles and gems must
Be sorted by those who
Do know the difference.

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