hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak
old enough
my ears
have tassels too
- Randy Brooks
( Modern haiku 55.1, winter/spring 2024)
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hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak
old enough
my ears
have tassels too
- Randy Brooks
( Modern haiku 55.1, winter/spring 2024)
This poem must be one of the best senryu ( or is it a haiku?) I've read in recent times. The lightness and humour in this ...!
Randy Brooks says,
As the author I would simply say that it connects several points from my life experiences. First of all, when I was a teenager in Indiana I was on the corn-detasseling crews. Our job was to walk out into the corn rows cutting or pulling off the tassels to prevent the Hybrid corn from cross-fertilization. As teenagers we thought it was funny that we were the “sex prevention” police for the corn. So this senryu could be about maturing and growing into our adult selves. OR . . . it…
I can definitely relate to this one! With 11 grandchildren, there's always at least one "observant" child who will point out my various "tassels."
The light touch!
lovely piece with unique and fresh sensory appeal.