A One-Line Poem
The Universe.
John Hollander, Rhyme’s Reason: A Guide to English Verse, 3rd edition, 2001, p.12
I just uploaded The UniVerse: Selected One-Line Haiku to Scribd. The one-line haiku included in this document were published in various online and print journals between December 2009 and April 2014. Two of them won international awards for haiku.
Here are some sample haiku:
I think therefore I am entering a butterfly's dream
3rd Prize, 18th Kusamakura International Haiku Competition
Olddogandiautumnmist
Finalist, Inaugural Janice M Bostok International Haiku Award, 2012
the sun glints on his revolver a falling leaf
Modern Haiku, 44:3, Autumn 2013
a river behind the graveyard forget-me-nots
Tinywords, 13:3, Dec. 5 2013
to tell or not to tell the secret day moon
Frogpond, 33:3, Fall 2010
single married single again a rushing river
Notes From the Gean, 2:2, September 2010
rain beating on rain he cracks
"One-Line Haiku," Under the Basho, 2014
ink-dark smoke of a life jumping from the north tower
Shot Glass, 7, June 2012
spring break butterflies fluttering in twos I do it alone
Shot Glass, 6, February 2012
Note: For more information about one-line haiku, see To the Lighthouse: To Be or Not to Be a One-line Haiku? and To the Lighthouse: Reexamining One-Line Haiku
Note: For more information about one-line haiku, see To the Lighthouse: To Be or Not to Be a One-line Haiku? and To the Lighthouse: Reexamining One-Line Haiku
Hollander’s “A One-Line Poem” consists of one two-word line, effectively utilizing the title. It's a cleverly-crafted definition poem.
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