Haiku Poetry By Gerard Brooker

Gerard Brooker, writer and former head of the English Department at Staples High School in Westport, Conn., and illustrator Tom Phelan tell how they collaborated on a book of haiku poetry, "Dew Drops in Tree Tops," and the creative process.

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[BUKCOLLECTOR]

Hello: I admire your effort..but 5 7 5 is no longer acceptable..the Japanese syllabic count is much shorter. I would hate to have missed these gems for lack of a few syllables.

after the speeches / the honored dead return / to their silence

sleepless night / I touch gently / her empty space

winter gravestone / hyphen between dates / my father's life

[BUKCOLLECTOR]

Hello: I admire your effort..but 5 7 5 is no longer acceptable..the Japanese syllabic count is much shorter. I would hate to have missed these gems for lack of a few syllables. after the speeches the honored dead return to their silence sleepless night I touch gently her empty space winter gravestone hyphen between dates my father's life you have talent..please don't let the constrictive syllable count preclude you from expressing your deepest feelings or the perfect word