__Well liked,Micheal. My view, inept or not, is that you were functioning, and not bound to the late night… TV promos.
__In a late night interview, an entertainer promotes their new book; then, in a 'quick break' from the -advertisement- of that new book, the show moves to a -commercial-. Smiles_!
late night show
its guest flaunts their new book
promotion
Ours, a Russian immigrant trained as a nurse, is so hard working we like to give her a hand. Besides, we'd hate to lose her. But I appreciate the paradox. Good Senryu.
Hi marion. I realize there are poets who I greatly respect who use the term. And I don't want to seem to be having another rant. I have explained my objection to the term in great detail on my own blog. I personally believe it is an unwarranted distinction in the English form of the verse. Especially since Basho, Buson, Issa and Shiki all wrote verse involving human nature, and everyone rightly calls their work haiku. I would prefer not to see the term used as it can seem disrespectful, and unhelpful. Anyway, it seems I have ranted after all. Sorry.
But thanks for taking the time to discuss and respond :-)
April 1st, 2016 at 12:41 pm
so true
so sad
April 1st, 2016 at 12:53 pm
Yes! I've done that!
April 1st, 2016 at 1:32 pm
How true. I wonder if most of us do that?
April 1st, 2016 at 1:36 pm
I like it.
April 1st, 2016 at 1:55 pm
__Well liked,Micheal. My view, inept or not, is that you were functioning, and not bound to the late night… TV promos.
__In a late night interview, an entertainer promotes their new book; then, in a 'quick break' from the -advertisement- of that new book, the show moves to a -commercial-. Smiles_!
late night show
its guest flaunts their new book
promotion
_m
April 1st, 2016 at 2:08 pm
Ours, a Russian immigrant trained as a nurse, is so hard working we like to give her a hand. Besides, we'd hate to lose her. But I appreciate the paradox. Good Senryu.
April 2nd, 2016 at 2:35 am
Garry why do you call this "Senryu"?
April 13th, 2016 at 5:41 am
Maybe because it is about human nature rather than nature per se, Strider? I find it difficult to describe which is which sometimes :)
marion
April 14th, 2016 at 5:22 am
Hi marion. I realize there are poets who I greatly respect who use the term. And I don't want to seem to be having another rant. I have explained my objection to the term in great detail on my own blog. I personally believe it is an unwarranted distinction in the English form of the verse. Especially since Basho, Buson, Issa and Shiki all wrote verse involving human nature, and everyone rightly calls their work haiku. I would prefer not to see the term used as it can seem disrespectful, and unhelpful. Anyway, it seems I have ranted after all. Sorry.
But thanks for taking the time to discuss and respond :-)
Strider
April 2nd, 2016 at 2:34 am
I love this one!! As I read this one, the images of my mom filled my mind.
April 2nd, 2016 at 2:54 am
Another great haiku from Michael.
So human and so poignant. I hear an echo of some of those masterworks by Basho, like this one from his Narrow Road (translation by Barnhill):
resting on my journey
I watch the year-end housecleaning
of the floating world
But I actually prefer Michael's poem more because it is more humanistic.
Wonderful verse, thank you for sharing it.
Strider
April 3rd, 2016 at 1:00 am
April Fools! No one in their right mind cleans up for the cleaning lady—do they?
April 4th, 2016 at 9:42 am
Oh, how perfect!
April 9th, 2016 at 7:15 pm
PBS Newshour
night sounds from my window
April 13th, 2016 at 5:39 am
Very amusing! :)
marion
May 26th, 2016 at 11:39 pm
Late show on TV. Yada, yada, yada. More productive to clean up, so when the cleaning lady comes she sees the standard of cleanliness required.