From: aramargar1@aol.com   
      
   "david rutkowski"  wrote in message   
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   : 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.   
      
      
   : among the berries   
   :    a red-eyed   
   :        beetle   
      
   I can guess that haiku is a very specific   
   miniature for Japanese poetic eye and doesn't make much   
   sense to western world except that being three line poems.   
      
      
   --   
   Regards,   
   Araik Margarian.   
      
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