Eileen R. Tabios is a poet working in multiple genres and in-between. She also loves books by writing, reading, publishing, critiquing, romancing and advocating for them. This blog will feature her bibliophilic activities with posts on current book engagements and links to her books and projects related to books.

Thursday, May 28, 2020

THE HAY(NA)KU VISITS CUNY LAGUARDIA!

Sometimes, world-traveler hay(na)ku visits schools. I'm delighted to share a poem by Janessa Graham, a student at a CUNY LaGuardia course called "Poetry Workshop" and taught by professor-poet Thomas Fink. At this course, Janessa wrote--and thank you, Janessa!


Its Truth-By Janessa Graham
(Co-inspired by Robert Creeley’s “The Language” and Eileen Tabios’s Hay(na)ku)


            Poetry,
its truth
is a persona’s

            lyrical
dancing through 
pen taps on

            floor
piece, the
living, the crux

            posture,
of visceral
the sculpt of

            its
body matter.



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A few more students also wrote in hay(na)ku. If their poems become available for sharing, I'll be delighted to feature more on this space. I feel blessed!

And if anyone wants to learn more about the hay(na)ku, go to its link ... and here's my latest hay(na)ku book:








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