Haikusanette 1

October 7, 2024

 I have no idea if this form has already been invented, however, my proposal is that a new hybrid form called the Haikusanette (Hi-koo-sonn-ett) be practiced. The form is this: Four Haikus followed by a two-line Koan. The idea is to combine the best parts of the Elizabethan sonnet and the Haiku. Please note instead of using a couplet to tie the poem up in a kind of textual bow as Sonnets often do, the Koan opens the package to reveal a paradox upon which to meditate after the poem is over.

Here is my first attempt at a Haikusanette:

A tree falls without

witness and i pretend to

care until i'm caught

etching my love for

you in its bark. i try to

claim ignorance, but

everyone knows. 

And meanwhile i dissemble

with sappy knife in 

hand: "But love heals sin,

right?  Besides the tree was dead"

 And your reply:

"A simple 'I love you,' would have been fine."     

 Can i get a witness of thought, word, and deed?