Dan Curtis lives in Victoria, British Columbia. His work has appeared in many of the leading English language journals and magazines including Frogpond, Heron's Nest, and Modern Haiku. He is a member of Haiku Canada, the Haiku Society of America, and Haiku Arbutus.
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Can political elections or any kind of these things get any stranger, I wonder.
spindrift…
another wave
of election ads
—Dan Curtis
Spindrift, the spray blown from cresting waves during a gale. And also my parallel reading method reads it as: spendthrift, a person who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible way.
Elections use up millions upon millions of dollars or pounds etc… that could be used instead for social improvements,
Thankfully the UK doesn't seem to have those weird election ads on television etc… other than creepy leaflets and pamphlets using up trees.
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snowbound in light the other side of an election
Alan Summers
Publication credit: Prune Juice issue 33 ed. Thomas Haynes (March 2021)
Touchstone Award nominated
Can political elections or any kind of these things get any stranger, I wonder.
spindrift…
another wave
of election ads
—Dan Curtis
Spindrift, the spray blown from cresting waves during a gale. And also my parallel reading method reads it as: spendthrift, a person who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible way.
Elections use up millions upon millions of dollars or pounds etc… that could be used instead for social improvements,
Thankfully the UK doesn't seem to have those weird election ads on television etc… other than creepy leaflets and pamphlets using up trees.
.
snowbound in light the other side of an election
Alan Summers
Publication credit: Prune Juice issue 33 ed. Thomas Haynes (March 2021)
Touchstone Award nominated
Alan, thank you for taking the time to read my haiku and comment on it. I particularly like your parallel reading of "spendthrift".
I also like your monoku – 'snowbound in light" is very evocative.
Dan
Thanks Dan!
I find parallel reading both intriguing and also useful to show there's more than one way to commit to 'modern haiku'.
Alan
Nicely done, Dan.
And of course line one makes me think of spin doctors.
marion
Thank you, Marion! I'm pleased this works for you.