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From: aglew@ccvaxa.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.poems
Subject: Transcending Haiku
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Date: Sat, 8-Mar-86 23:57:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  8 23:57:00 1986
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Nf-From: ccvaxa.UUCP!aglew    Mar  8 22:57:00 1986


This is not a poem, nor even an attempt at one. This is a request for help
and advice. In grade 6, which seems now an amazingly long time ago, I 
started reading Japanese poetry; since then, I have rarely been able to
write anything longer than 6 lines. If I attempt rhyme, it sounds
painfully like a limerick. Has anyone else ever had such a problem, or has
anyone any advice on how to transcend haiku?

(You know what this newsgroup needs? Critics! Or at least reviewers.)