American Zen by Ray McNiece HAIKU - 1

[kokho]

<> Ray McNiece

wet sands raven tracks
amidst just fallen maple leaves
deeper where it lifted


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[kokho]

I met Ray McNiece during the April session on "subTEXT" monthly literary
gathering at the basement of Center National Library of Singapore, where
he was the last and anchoring reciting poet of the night.

This is an event organised by Shu Hoong, a respectable poet/writer
in Singapore.

These 2 works were extracted from a book - ISBN 0-933087-91-8
which is supported by Ohio Arts Council;
< American Zen, A Gathering of Poets >
Edited with Introduction by Ray McNiece & Larry Smith
Featuring Zen statements and works of 30 poets.

Published by Bottom Dog Press, Huron, Ohio

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These postings were with verbal understanding from Ray McNiece for
The purpose of a review to be written by me.

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[kokho]

Dear Lake, would you like to review this one ?

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[Lake]

[kokho]

〉deeper where it lifted 〈

This may be the food print of the raven;

Or This may be the mark left on the twig by the plunging maple leaf...

<1> when one is leaving its presence is but most significant !

<2> you are looking at a scene, black ascending while red descending ?

So... do you get any Ah Ha ????


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[Lake]

[kokho]

irrelevancy - is common in Zen and post modernism...

Its beauty is derived from surprise;

For Zen, one of the essence is in disregarding the the logic or value...




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[kokho]

link to more info

http://www.raymcniece.com/

http://myspace.com/tongueingroove
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