Jim Kacian
January 6, 2021
A serious matter is on us. All we find out as we riot up at the Hill: our rage is not us. Atheists out a tepid courage. In our hate is our damaged end. If it won’t hold, usurp, as the will most pulls.
as a fever lit in cool undulate hills— show up
Note: This piece employs oulipian techniques (from Oulipo, Ouvroir de littérature potentielle; which roughly translates as “workshop of potential literature”) which employs constraints as a means of triggering ideas and inspiration. See more at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/oulipo and https://poets.org/text/brief-guide-oulipo.
About the Author
Jim Kacian is founder and president of The Haiku Foundation as well as chairman of its board; founder and owner of Red Moon Press; and editor in chief of Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years (W. W. Norton, 2013).