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<BODY BACKGROUND="../images/haikuback.gif" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" BGPROPERTIES="FIXED"> <TABLE BGCOLOR="#400040" BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="4" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#808000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#400040" BORDERCOLOR="#808000" ALIGN="RIGHT" VSPACE="6" HSPACE="6"> <TR> <TD><A HREF="../al/default.htm"><IMG SRC="../images/al.jpg" ALT="to Autumn Leaves, an online poetry journal" WIDTH="123" HEIGHT="38" BORDER="0"></A><BR><A HREF="/snaps/default.htm"><IMG SRC="../images/snaps.jpg" ALT="to Snaps, our photo galleries" WIDTH="123" HEIGHT="38" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <A HREF="../concerns/default.htm"><IMG SRC="../images/concerns.jpg" ALT="to statements of social witness" WIDTH="123" HEIGHT="38" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <A HREF="../haiku/default.htm"><IMG SRC="../images/haiku.jpg" ALT="to Mario's haiku" WIDTH="123" HEIGHT="38" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <A HREF="../links/default.htm"><IMG SRC="../images/links.jpg" ALT="to the link libraries" WIDTH="123" HEIGHT="38" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <A HREF="../books/default.htm"><IMG SRC="../images/reviews.jpg" ALT="to Sondra's book reviews" WIDTH="123" HEIGHT="38" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <A HREF="../default.htm"><IMG SRC="../images/home.jpg" ALT="to the Ball/Cavallini homepage" WIDTH="123" HEIGHT="38" BORDER="0"></A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <H1><BR> <FONT FACE="Goudy Old Style,Garamond,serif" COLOR="#FF8000">Metered Haiku</FONT></H1> <DL> <DD> <DL> <DD> <DL> <DD> <P><STRONG>This page uses frames and a Java applet to display haiku one line at a time, so you can read it like it was meant to be heard. It would be great if you could find another browser and experience it.</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>Meanwhile, I invite you to browse the poems as you may at present ...</STRONG></P> </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> <P><STRONG><EM><SMALL>BY MATSUO BASHO</SMALL></EM></STRONG></P> <DL> <DD> <UL> <LI><A HREF="o-mogami.htm">Mogami</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="o-hail.htm">hail</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="o-coolness.htm">coolness</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="o-moon.htm">moon</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="o-crow.htm">crow</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="o-road1.htm">Basho's road 1</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="o-road2.htm">Basho's road 2</A></LI> </UL> </DD> </DL> <P><STRONG><EM><SMALL>BY TANIGUCHI BUSON</SMALL></EM></STRONG></P> <DL> <DD> <UL> <LI><A HREF="b-spring.htm">spring scene</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="b-ragball.htm">rag ball</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="b-chill.htm">chill</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="b-parting.htm">parting</A></LI> </UL> </DD> </DL> <P><STRONG><EM><SMALL>BY ISSA</SMALL></EM></STRONG></P> <DL> <DD> <UL> <LI><A HREF="i-orphan.htm">orphan</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="i-melt.htm">melt</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="i-rain.htm">summer rain</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="i-vision.htm">vision</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="i-gorge.htm">gorge</A></LI> </UL> </DD> </DL> <P><STRONG><EM><SMALL>BY MARIO CAVALLINI</SMALL></EM></STRONG></P> <DL> <DD> <UL> <LI><A HREF="starlings.htm">starlings</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="loam.htm">loam</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="geese.htm">seeding</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="forsythia.htm">April</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="chatter.htm">chatter</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="mists.htm">mists</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="chills.htm">chills (tanka)</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="woman.htm">woman</A></LI> </UL> </DD> </DL> <P><STRONG><EM><SMALL>BY JANE REICHHOLD</SMALL></EM></STRONG></P> <DL> <DD> <UL> <LI><A HREF="jr-in.htm">in and out</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="jr-river.htm">river</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="jr-recycling.htm">recycling</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="jr-fog.htm">sea fog</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="jr-shower.htm">shower</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="jr-hands.htm">hands</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="jr-pace.htm">pacemaker</A></LI> </UL> </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="../images/bigbrown.gif" ALT="divider" WIDTH="90%" HEIGHT="6"></P> <H5 ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="../copyright.htm">Copyright</A> © 1997, <A HREF="mailto:marioc1@mindspring.com?subject=haiku">Mario Cavallini,</A> all rights reserved.</H5> <H5 ALIGN="CENTER">[<A HREF="../links/plinks.htm#haiku">haiku links</A>] </H5> <H5 ALIGN="CENTER">[<A HREF="/default.htm">home</A>]   [<A HREF="/al/default.htm"><CITE>Autumn Leaves</CITE></A>]   [<A HREF="/snaps/default.htm"><CITE>Snaps</CITE></A>]   [<A HREF="/concerns/default.htm">concerns</A>]   [<A HREF="/haiku/default.htm">haiku</A>]   [<A HREF="/links/default.htm">links</A>]   [<A HREF="/books/default.htm">reviews</A>] <BR>[<A HREF="/copyright.htm#colophon">colophon</A>]   [<A HREF="/copyright.htm#privacy">privacy</A>]   [<A HREF="/sitemap.htm">site index</A>]</H5> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="../images/bigbrown.gif" ALT="divider" WIDTH="90%" HEIGHT="6"></P> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="6" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" RULES="ROWS" ALIGN="CENTER"> <TR> <TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><A HREF="http://www.poetrytodayonline.com/words/" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../images/wrd.gif" ALIGN="left" ALT="The Ring of Words" HEIGHT="57" WIDTH="164" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0"></A></TD> <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="CENTER"> <P><FONT SIZE="1">[<A HREF="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?id=624&ring=words&next" TARGET="_top">Next Site</A> | <A HREF="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?id=624&ring=words&prev" TARGET="_top">Previous Site</A> | <A HREF="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?id=624&ring=words&next5" TARGET="_top">Next 5</A> | <A HREF="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=words&random" TARGET="_top">Random Site</A>]<BR> Want to <A HREF="http://www.poetrytodayonline.com/words/" TARGET="_top">join the ring?</A></FONT></P> </TD> <TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><A HREF="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?id=624&ring=words&next" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../images/wrdn.gif" ALIGN="right" ALT="Next Words Site" HEIGHT="57" WIDTH="59" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0"></A></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </DIV>  <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="http://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript"> _qacct="p-5dSmahl8lErgc";quantserve();</SCRIPT> <NOSCRIPT> <P><IMG SRC="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-5dSmahl8lErgc.gif" STYLE="display: none" HEIGHT="1" WIDTH="1" ALT="Quantcast"></P> </NOSCRIPT> </BODY>