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The Canku Page
What is a Canku?
A Canku is a poem with:
- A title of up to ten words
- Three lines, totalling 17 syllables.
How Does it Differ from a Haiku?
- It has that title
- The 17 syllables can be distributed any way the poet wants (you can even have a line with only one syllable!)
The cankus below generally follow these rules. They are all copyright to the authors.
A Sequence of Cankus
Properly, a canku has only the 17 syllables and the (up to) 10-word title, but in the same way that people make a longer poem out of a series of smaller poems (haikus or even limericks, for example), a series of thematically-linked cankus is not only possible, but encouraged.
First devised in northern Manitoba, such a sequence is called a Hobbsian Set. Where a debate between poets is involved, the set is called a Flonflin.
Condomaximum
Overextended
Spare room to let. No pets
or latex reactionaries
by Slim Volumes
Haunted
Words fusillade
like angry bullets:
"can't," "must,"
I am phantomed away.
Katherine L. Gordon
RUING TIME
Youthful instability
Delays future success.
I miss my dad.
Graham Ducker
A Curling Canku
arena gladiator heros
modern warriors -
throw rocks at each other
tim/zuz c/21C-/05-03-14
Curled
rolling stones weighting
gathering the masses
Bettman left behind
Curled
rolling stones
gathering masses
bonspeilling a rink
©Trish Shields 031405
Curling
Granite slides on the ice
hurry hard hit and stick --
the house is a home
Michael Kleiza
SNOW ANGELS
white, cold feathered wings
intricate ivory gown
angels here on earth
Dúnlaith O’Heron
MEDIUM
"medium is the message"*
global internet works :
hierarchical collapse
* Marshall McLuhan
tim/zuz c/21C-/05-02-05
Breathing in Winter
To see a tulip in the snow consoles:
that Earth indeed exhales her beauty
on our suffocating souls.
Katherine L. Gordon
Life is Like Licking Honey from a Thorn
one sweet,
golden drop
seeps from pointed piercing thorn
sweetened misery
Toni Calvello 2005
Can't Ku
Can't
progressive de-evolution of an Art Form
Can-to-Ku
tim/zuz c/21C-/05-03-18
The Price
freedom
enslavement -
the difference - the price you pay - willingly ?
tim/zuz c/21C-/05/03/18
TIME IS INTIMATE
Time touches you
in places
more an inquisitor than a lover.
Katherine L. Gordon
Time is Weighting
time is an unmade bed
apology unuttered
letter never sent
©Trish Shields 032005
March Puddles
Jump
in with both boots
Race toy
boats in the wind
Snow melted,
still such fun
Susan Smith
First Day of Spring
Another 10
centimeters
Expected
tonight
Stupid
groundhog!
Susan Smith
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