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| Issue 20: | 15 Sept. 2023 |
| Micro-Poems: | 8; 23; and 42 words |
By Keith Evetts
[Three Epigrams]
moles are muscular their lives crepuscular diet peculiar
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How do I love thee— Let me count the ways My dog-eared Kama Sutra Has seen much better days
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three hours of sleep I stare at the wall but what’s written there I can’t see at all the font is too small
Keith Evetts
is a retired British diplomat who lives in the UK. His scientific papers are published in Nature and elsewhere; his long-form poetry in The Oxford Magazine and Linnet’s Wings; his cherita in The Cherita; and his haiku and related short forms in Blithe Spirit, Cattails, Cold Moon Journal, Failed Haiku, Heliosparrow, Mambu, Presence, Prune Juice, The Asahi Shimbun, Wales Haiku Journal, World Haiku Review, and at The Haiku Foundation. His work has been anthologized in the Red Moon Anthologies of haiku and haibun, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Touchstone Awards.
Evetts is listed among the European Top 100 Haiku Authors in 2021, and hosts the weekly haiku commentary feature at The Haiku Foundation. He’s married, with five children, a grey parrot, and a sense of humour.
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