Frogpond 34.3 • Autumn 2011 (pdf) - Haiku Society of America

Some writers get upset by “deja ku”. I don’t . As an admirer of
Herold, I feel honoured to have written a haiku so similar to one
of his, especially since he told me it is a favourite at readings.
Corrections to 34:2
p. 6: Joseph M. Kusmiss wrote to say: “Hi, I was happy to get a
haiku published in this issue . . . but when I saw it it was:
the evening news
I communicate with
my inner sociopath
instead of what I sent (see below):
the evening news
I commune with
my inner sociopath
Typo or change? I like my version a lot better.”
Editors’ Note: And, so do we. Sorry for the error..
p. 22: John Barlow provides a rich background for the correction
to his haiku: Unfortunately a couple of typos were introduced
to my haiku [on p. 22], which should have read:
sparroweight the groundsel bends to ground
(Instead of: sparrowweight the groundsel bends to the ground)
While the introduction of a second article disrupted only
the rhythm, the more conventional unhyphenated “sparrowweight”
was further from the intention. In each instance that
I use this technique the linguistic amalgamation is limited to
only the last letter of the first word and the first letter of the
following word, and as these are identical one is discarded.
The resultant portmanteau then forms the first or last word
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