“How you call the trash you write Haiku?
These are not about nature, or seasons!
You know it’s appropriation, don’t you?
Stick to forms written by Europeans!”
Some amusing feedback received today,
reworded from its original source
to fit this poem, and yet still convey
their stance (made anonymously, of course).
I adore the form, unlike Kerouac,
I enjoy its discipline and the thrill
of finding perfect words in which to stack
to capture a moment, to prove it real.
Though my Haiku may vary in subject,
I hold its artists with utmost respect.
© Jeremy L. Heath, 2026. All rights reserved
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