Beverly Acuff Momoi has written many forms of poetry but now focuses on Japanese short forms. Her work is included in numerous journals and anthologies. Her haiku collection, how the wind sighs (Red Moon Press, 2023) was awarded first place in the Haiku Society of America's Merit Book Awards, and her haibun collection, Lifting the Towhee's Song, is available online as a Snapshot Press eChapbook Award winner.
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Like this juxtaposition, Beverly.
Anyone who has lived with kudzu knows just how apt this is. A good one.
Like this juxtaposition, Beverly.
Anyone who has lived with kudzu knows just how apt this is. A good one.
This poem is excellent–and so apt! Just imagine the other end-words that could live on line 3:
corn
soybeans
oil palm
We've become the KINGS of monoculture, putting a large dent in diversity in the process. So glad to see this spoken to, if only obliquely.
johnny one-note
a diminuendo
as rainforests' chorus
are reduced
to elevator music
Autumn
nice one ! — found myself grinning, nodding my head
Love this!