MONOKU- haiku in one lines

Monoku is a senryu/haiku with a slight enigmatic/ambiguous flavour, written in its earlier Japanese form as a one liner. A ceaesura (pause) may be appropriate, dictated by sense or speech rhythm,and usually very little punctusation.Seveteen syllables or less. They may also be in a sequence form.

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Here are some examples of mine (coyright Brian Strand) They may be used for educational purposes provided an acknowledgment is given & notice thereof given to strandbg@hotmail.com.


#1 listen to the pause - silence is golden

#3 in the midst of death - lichens come to life


#3 a kite overhead - still as a road-kill


#4 the snow covers the pasture - the haystacks disappear


#6 the school-bus departs - she eats the advent candy

#9 carol concert prelude- - chatter of innocents

#12 footsteps in the street - echos of a distant youth

MONOKU SEQUENCE

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a perambulator arrives - emptiness takes its leave
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a quietness descends - fresher term opens
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room-to-let sign illumes - emptiness returns