From: davidsands@yahoo.com   
      
   In haiku the simile and metaphor is traced back to   
   perception, without the dubious turns which   
   reflect more on the poet than the subject.   
      
   among the berries   
       a red-eyed   
           beetle   
      
   So haiku relates what is, but in a very creative   
   way. All poetry has tension -- a pulling together   
   of disparate images, but the haiku does not rely   
   on what isn't.   
      
   when the rain begins   
       my son points to his nose   
           then the sky   
      
   Direct perception explains the affinity of haiku   
   with Zen. It is a form which illustrates that   
   philosophy, unlike philosophy in the West, can be   
   simply an aesthetic.   
      
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