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6 Jun
Haiku in Vermont

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Fri,  6 Jun 97 17:18:26 -0700
To: Fun_People
Subject: Haiku in Vermont

Forwarded-by: jmorton@euler.Berkeley.EDU (John Morton)
Forwarded-by: Adam_Heilbrun@bmug.org (Adam Heilbrun)

To the tune of
"Moonlight in Vermont"

    *        *          *

 Analyzing form
 Anal poets' parlor games
 This song is haiku.

 Five beats to the line
 Seven next, then five again
 Doubtlessly haiku.

 This is the bridge and it makes a departure
 From verse form, but how could it not?
 Though it may scan and sound somewhat more Western
 There's still not a hint of a rhyme scheme.

 Catch a falling star
 Operators standing by
 Everything's haiku.

© 1997 Peter Langston