Tag: Haiku
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Old Elm Haiku
Its leaves fold,curl inTheir grip yields to the cold windThe elm knows their loss
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Sad Geisha with Parasol
Parasol blossoms float to her porcelain skin caressing her thoughts Ebony tresses cover the tears salting scar red left behind The sun is hidden the samurai is silent under bed
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“Shoplifters”: Kore-Eda’s Great Haiku of Family and Light
Hirokazu Kore-Eda Shoplifters has the economy and emotional power of a Haiku. Scenes run the exact length they need to be. There is not an extra syllable, an extra frame, an extra color or ray of light, no unneeded image, extra emotions, not a drop of overdrawn characters. Shoplifters is a true masterpiece of precision…