the yard: a pile of tires, a baseball
yards & lots, 2012
Jack Galmitz
Commentary: Structurally speaking, this one-line haiku is divided into two parts by the use of a colon. The first part, "the yard," sets up an urban social space upon which the second part acts/performs. And the second part of the haiku is further divided into two subparts by the use of a comma. Through the juxtaposition/collocation of these two subparts, the possible meanings/connotations emerge from the reader's observations of/reflections on daily encounters with his/her urban surroundings...
-- excerpted from my review of yards & lots by Jack Galmitz, which was first published in A Hundred Gourds, 1:4 September 2012
Below is another fine one-line urban haiku in Jack Galmitz's "yards and lots:"
ReplyDeletethe yard: a birdbath, a chainsaw
And the haiku regarding "lots" are similarly structured, except that they are two-lined with "an abandoned lot:" as the first line. Below are my favorites:
an abandoned lot:
weeds tall as men, a shopping cart
an abandoned lot:
Trees of Heaven, auto parts