Sarah Betzky-Zweig
To Understand a Man and a Heron might Equal a Haiku
I know a man who writes haikus.
Haikus are very difficult to write.
Or, on the other hand, writing haikus is a trick you learn.
Which does not mean a haiku is not a beautiful poem for a man to write.
I wish the man I know who writes haikus
would write a difficult, tricky haiku
about a blue heron
standing in a ditch of water
staring straight ahead and not moving.
When the heron flies suddenly on enormous wings
it is very slow and shocking
and I wish the man I know who writes haikus
would write a haiku
about a blue heron
standing in a ditch full of water,
then suddenly flying off on heavy ragged wings.
Personalia
Sarah Betzky-Zweig is lectrix yn Ingelske en Amearikaenske letterkunde oan de Universiteit to Leiden. Har man is professor yn itselde fak oan de Universiteit to Utert. Hja binne Amearikanen. Yn deselde jierren dat Lieuwe Hornstra earnstige petearen hie yn Nederlân mei anarchisten lykas Emma Goldmann en Rudolf Rocker, siet yn Amaerika de lytse Sarah op̂ harren knibbels.
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