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Gzaibun 1 available

Gzaibun 1 is now available. If you would like me to send you one, email me.

I try to do a small token gift every year during a Bahá'í gift giving time known as Ayyám-i-Há (no, that is not a brand of motorbike ). It comes every year between the eve of February 25th through March 1st.

In 2003 I did a chapbook for friends and coworkers. I did another in 2004. This year I just have 7 short 'haibun' (printed on one sheet of resume paper, french-folded, stapled, cut, = 8 pages, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2).

The poems included (which won't be put here until after March 20th, if ...):

"Espresso hisses"
"Moon follows sun"
"Old grey tom" (see previous blog entry "Old grey tom" )
"Rain fills wells"
"The same moon shines"
"Wax weeps"
"White trimmed red"

I chose the title Gzaibun because:

1. they are kinda sorta haibun, but I didn't want to invite critique of what exactly they are or are not.
2. kaibun is a japanese type of palindrome; zaibun is a name; khaibun is a Kurdish organization.
3. no one has used it as far as I know!

The "Cento for Gzaibun 1" is the second line of the haiku part of each haibun:

sun chases moon
from flesh the flow of blood
as one hand howls
the candle giving light
on the open heart
looks at the moon
and red wheel barrows

Note: a cento is a poem made from lines of other poems ...

Gzaibun 1 is available until I run out (unless I print more , a revised, edited ...).

If you would like me to send you one, please send an email with the name and address you want it sent to (do not assume I have it even if you've sent it to me in the past ... I am scatter-brained). I am willing to send anywhere on planet Earth. Extra-terrestrials must include directions and means of delivery. Road-trip!

And please don't leave your address in the comment box unless you want the world to know!

As I said, these are token gifts. You would make me very happy if you would be so kind as to accept one.

Peace, Kåre

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