secondhand haiku: for Harry



for-harry

I decided to kick off the guest appearances with this haiku from Anthony, a fairly frequent commenter on this site who blogs (and sometimes composes haiku) at My Sick Mind. If you’re from these parts (Philly), you know who the haiku is about. If not, you can collect a little context from this post on Anthony’s site.

If you’d like to contribute your own longhand haiku, read more here.


you left us too soon,
and never again we’ll hear
“this ball’s outta here!”

by howard

April 20th, 2009

  • http://my-sick.blogspot.com Anthony

    Thanks for including me.

    Inquirer columnist John Gonzalez ran a couple of haiku's in his column over the weekend. I think the idea is catching on!

  • http://nonbreakingspace.com/ howard

    You're welcome, and thank you. It's good to have your voice included.

    I checked out the Gonzo column with the Harry emails, and I liked the trio of haiku. I like to think haiku have always been there, if not flourishing, at least lurking. We all bring something of ourselves to it, though — which is why this idea intrigues me, I suppose.

  • PJ

    I like the uppercase block lettering. It's a lot like the way I write (when I want people to be able to read what's written). I should probably submit one, if I can figure out how to make sense of haiku writing.

  • http://nonbreakingspace.com/ howard

    You should, PJ. I'm sure you'll figure it out just fine.

  • http://my-sick.blogspot.com Anthony

    PJ: That's the result of nearly 30 years as a draftsman. It's the “mindless” choice for me, although the lower case is much friendlier.
    On the bright side, I never hear anyone say that they can't read my handwriting, so I have that going for me – which is nice. :)

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