Friday, 26 March 2010

Tanka #2 & Haiku #93

To whose advantage?
Our long lost Russian forebear
spills her D.N.A.
leaves it as our legacy
in some Siberian cave.

Geoffrey Hill, poet,
difficult, divisive - up
for the Oxford job.
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12 comments:

  1. Kass26 March 2010 at 09:46

    Out of Africa
    comes a genome resembling
    Hill's savage poetry.

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  2. Dave King26 March 2010 at 10:28

    KassSuperb!

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  3. Unknown26 March 2010 at 12:04

    Hi Dave,

    Hadn't heard either of these stories but am now wiser. Prestigious university chairs often seem to court controversy.

    Hopefully, the Siberian discovery will help us understand more about our own evolution.

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  4. Raj26 March 2010 at 16:10

    reaching the century mark huh? fabulous. :)

    dun remember hil though the name sounds heard.

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  5. Short Poems26 March 2010 at 16:46

    Great write :)

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  6. Tommaso Gervasutti26 March 2010 at 19:11

    But I feel branded
    by the Mercian hymns,
    an Offa's coin my third eye.

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  7. Madame DeFarge26 March 2010 at 21:40

    I do adore your haikus. I learn so much about the news this way!

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  8. Dave King26 March 2010 at 22:28

    Derrick
    Cerebral poet, given to disputing minor issues - should do well in the chair, I would have thought.

    Raj
    Shh... many a slip twixt cup and lip!

    Short Poems
    Welcome to my blog and many thanks for commenting.

    Tommaso
    I like it, but I am not sure I've fully worked out the connection. I think there must be more than I've got.

    Madame DeFarge
    Thank you greatly. Kind remark.

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  9. Cloudia27 March 2010 at 04:57

    I come here to learn, Dave!



    Aloha from Hawaii my Friend


    Comfort Spiral

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  10. Anonymous27 March 2010 at 10:35

    Wow. This was short and sweet. Superb post...:)

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  11. CiCi27 March 2010 at 11:51

    You have a great way of writing a haiku with news and current events. Sly.

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  12. Dave King29 March 2010 at 11:45

    Mr Stupid
    A very belated welcome to my site and my sincere thanks for stopping by to comment.

    Techno Babe
    Sly... yup, that's me!

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