[DEBATE] : Brutus poem: a haiku, 15/1/09

[Patrick Bond]

(It is not widely known, but Dennis is one of the leading non-Japanese 
writers of haiku verse, and has been featured in the Japanese literature.)

Dennis: "This is supposed to be a haiku - almost successful; 5/7/5 beats 
or accents - not feet - and should have a caesura after the second line; 
the last line is not sufficiently explicit. It was written during the 
Social Movements Indaba meeting late last year."

                           A single emerald
                           flares from a dewdrop flinging
                           a green prismed flame

                                                                   John 
Paul II Centre
                                                                   
Bethlehem, Free State
                                                                   
December, 2008; d b.