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Haiku: This Other World | Richard Nathaniel Wright, Yodhinobu Hakatuni

This is just two pages! Four haiku on each page. 817 total. Nearly all of them just like…😍

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Haiku: This Other World | Richard Nathaniel Wright, Yodhinobu Hakatuni

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Near the end of his life, Richard Wright, best known for his 1940s novel of Black repression, Native Son, (not read), began writing haiku.

To say that these are some of the best English Language haiku I have ever read is not hyperbole. It‘s evident in every line that Wright was enamored by the deceptively complex form and respected it.

Wright, a Black Man in 1950s America, found in Nature a place of belonging. Such is the power of haiku.

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Eggs

Haiku | Richard Wright

#haiku #yourchoice #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

TheSpineView I love haikus! Great choice! 😊 4y

Eggs I adore haiku and it‘s economy of words-thanks @thespineview 4y

TheSpineView @Eggs 🌞 4y

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Haiku | Richard Wright

Our best defence is our humanity
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I‘m sharing this poem/ thought ( haiku? ) I heard on the radio this morning!
It‘s hopeful, I like it ❤️

TrishB It‘s beautiful ❤️❤️ 5y

CarolynM ❤️ 5y

erzascarletbookgasm Love it! 5y

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘ll have to steal this!!! 5y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m hopeful and pray for everyone‘s safety! I‘m worried about our economy.. 5y

Cathythoughts @TrishB @CarolynM 👍🏻❤️❤️ 5y

Cathythoughts @erzascarletbookgasm I love it too 👍🏻❤️take care friend X 5y

Cathythoughts @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yes, it‘s a worrying time .. take care ❤️ 5y

batsy Yes 💜 I hope you and your family are doing OK! Take care. 5y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Cathythoughts I posted this on Facebook ❤️❤️ 5y

youneverarrived Lovely ♥️ I sent you a parcel out earlier in the week but forgot to put that‘s it for your birthday! It‘s early but wanted to make sure I got it posted seeing as baby could come anytime. Take care x 5y

Cathythoughts @youneverarrived Thanks Katie, you‘re so good. I‘m excited for you , what a wonderful time with baby soon to arrive ✨✨✨✨✨magical times for you , sending love X Cathy 5y

Cathythoughts @batsy Thanks Suba ! You take care too my friend X Cathy (edited) 5y

Cathythoughts @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m not on Facebook, Misty. But it‘s a good message to send out .... take care 👍🏻❤️ 5y

Tanisha_A Much needed. ❤️ 5y

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