Dear forget magazine,

I think that the haiku is a most notable form of poetry. Such greats as Matsuo, Basho wrote:

old pond... a frog leaps in water's sound

Let us imagine now that this pond is set in rural Prince Edward Island, so as to appeal to your incredibly subjective taste. A fantastic Maritime frog in a pond, a wet lily covered pond. It just pukes images of Monet's water lilies all over my imagination.

Okay let me try this again:

Sassy Cat Chew on Manny Toba...Mon Tahna both on my ass

Sassy cat, like Jimi Hendrix's foxy lady, is desired by whom? The venerable Uncle Sam? By her brother? (to imply that whole rural inbred bad tasted humor). Enough said.

One more time:

none of it how much have you seen of it none of it

This one I think is pretty self explanitory.

So please I urge you to not rule out any poetic forms. The Haiku is a particularly effective form of expression, especially given its length. It compliments the short attention spans invoked by main stream media images. The thing we are constantly trying to outrun but tracks us like a blood hound on a hare.

Alex Sengupta