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A Haiku and an Equivoke

A Haiku and an Equivoke

A Haiku and an Equivoke

Paul Treatman

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iUniverse
Año de edición:
2013
Materia
Poesía
ISBN:
9781491702130

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These unique and magnificent haiku, each with an embedded pun or pun phrase, touch upon love, sports, sex, work, play, anger and many more human experiences, evoking giggles and/or groans. You will get a really good kick no matter how you will react.Revise this haikuAnd you’ll be arrested forDisturbing the piece.Hoping to purge hisAwful memories, dude drinksMilk of Amnesia.These haiku also embed punnery punchlines that relate to titles of well-known songs or films or Broadway shows. For example:Casanova, asHe ages, is preparingHis own 'bucket lust.'Yiddish stage launchesNew version of musicalAs 'My Fair Sadie.'Geezer recalls hisYouth as he hums, 'LoveIs a Many Splendoured Fling...'

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