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  One of the things I’m most enjoying about this haiku project of ours is the chance it has given me to totally step outside my comfort zone and learn.

  Even though I call myself a writer, I would never ever ever have called myself a poet.

  And prior to Haiku By Two, the chances of me picking up a book of poetry were . . . not nil, and not necessarily slim, but not high. I would always go for a novel over a collection of poems.

  But Haiku By Two has given me this definable little niche to research and obsess over. And you know (if you know me) how I love obscure obsessions.

  I’m learning so much about what constitutes a haiku. And how many different writers have turned to it at various times.

  I mean Richard Wright?

  Jack Kerouac? Yes — he wrote haiku.

  Jorge Luis Borges — that power house of Latin American literature — him too!

  Not to mention all the “haiku masters” that I’ve got to learn about.

  So exciting! I’m like a kid in a candy shop! I love learning!

  Listen to me….I’m such a nerd. Or such a teacher. Or both. Both.

  Comment by Kelly — April 2, 2009 @ 5:57 am

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  I agree - I love focusing on something that is such a niche like the world of haiku. So much to learn and it has given me the ability to focus on poetry which like you, I was less apt to do previously.

  Focus…. someone told me today that I need an abacus since my ode to Richard Wright and his 5.7.5 is actually a 5.6.5! But that’s okay. For me the 5.7.5 is about counting even if I get it wrong;)

  Ooooh… I will have to read the haiku of Borges. I loved reading his short stories in Buenos Aires.

  Comment by Alison — April 2, 2009 @ 1:26 pm

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  I didn’t even notice the miscount in the middle line. Easy to fix, though:

  Exiled, sick, lonely

  Richard Wright wrote thousands of

  5.7.5 poems

  Comment by Kelly — April 2, 2009 @ 1:51 pm

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