Poetry in the Moment: I Am a Reluctant Polygamist (Sijo)

Friday, May 28, 2010

I Am a Reluctant Polygamist (Sijo)

Loneliness assumes its wifely role at dawn
preparing for me three meals of tenderness

Moon is an unstable mistress after sunset
seducing me with the waxing and waning of its charms

Though polygamous, Dream is my true love
offering comfort no matter what the time of day

March 2010 issue of Word Catalyst

Ripples from a Splash

My book is now available through www.lulu.com [Liu's] haiku resonates the Asian spirit, and makes use of aesthetics in a continuum of time that is permanent and impermanent; the process more important than the subjective specificity of object bias found in most Anglo-Western haiku like poems. His poetry demand to be interpreted by the informed reader. They do not tell all, are not based on an “aha” moment, and have no definitive ending. More importantly they give meaning and voice to the unsaid, the magic inherent in Japanese poetry. -- Poetry Review by Robert D. Wilson, Editor-in-chief of Simply Haiku.

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I Am a Reluctant Polygamist (Sijo)

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