(This feature is part of TRUCK’s Theme Issue on the List or Catalog Poem. You can go HERE for an Index of the Participating Poets.)
My Hay(Na)Ku
(With Handy
Pronunciation Guide for Public Performance)
Lorca!
His foot
in the doorway!
Pronunciation Guide:
“L" as second “l” in
“Llewellyn”
"o" as “o” in
“amoeba”
"r" as “r” in
Southern US pronunciation of “cornpone”
"c" as fourth
“c” in “acciaccatura”
"a" as “a” in
“aesthetic”
"H" as “h” in
“catachresis”
"i" as in first “i” in
“poiesis”
"s" as second
“s” in “sans serif”
"f" as first “f”
in “afflatus”
"o" as second
“o” in alternate spelling “encyclopoedia”
"o" as second
“o” in alternate spelling “encyclopoedia”
"t" as first “t”
in “attorney”
"i" as in first “i” in
“poiesis”
"n" as “n” in
“limn”
"t" as first “t”
in “attorney”
"h" as “h” in
“catachresis”
"e" as “e” in
“eidetic”
"d" as first “d”
in “addiction”
"o" as second
“o” in alternate spelling “encyclopoedia”
"o" as second
“o” in alternate spelling “encyclopoedia”
"r" as “r” in
Southern US pronunciation of “cornpone”
"w" as “w” in
“wrist”
"a" as “a” in
“aesthetic”
NOTE: “Y” is pronounced “the the”.
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(Poem first
published in The After-Death History of
My Mother by Sandy McIntosh (Marsh Hawk Press, New York, 2005. Information about the hay(na)ku poetic form is HERE.)
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