Monday, September 10, 2007

HAY(NA)KU, THAT ROCK STAR

Speaking of hay(na)ku, whose rollicking trip around the world continues to fascinate Moi (and make Moi jealous: "I want its life!"), Swedish poet Lars Palm has just shared a new manuscript entitled SOME HAY comprised entirely of double hay(na)kus. Welcome, Sweden! Hee. Here's a sample:

mirrors
imagine images
that now go

go now that
images imagine
mirrors

The collection also has political undertones:

i
sense a
peace treaty coming

along make sure
you can
read

Wait. Last but not least, this sample (perhaps the so-called "title poem"?):

some
hay for
the horses some

beer for the
bard &
me


Thanks Lars. Now, Lars is a mischievous blogger, but here's more info about him:

Lars Palm lives in southern Sweden where he works in health care, writes (mostly smallish) silly poems, translates some swedish poets, edits a blog zine called skicka (in english) & at times publishes the first broadside series in the country. He's the author of mindfulness (moria, 2006), on stealing lips (The Martian Press, 2006) & is beside the point (Big Game Books Tinyside 34, 2007). Another, death is, is forthcoming from by the skin of me teeth press sometime soon.

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