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Issue 1.8 - Marianne Paul

8/29/2019

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​Dead Ends


“When Buddha is done being dead, will he come back?” the boy asks me.
 
I’m not ready to have the death talk with a six-year-old. I know where this ends--when I die, will I come back?
 
He holds a photo of the big hairy family cat that he never met, and whose ashes sit on top of our refrigerator under the fat squat statue of Buddha, the cat's namesake.
 
A thought pops into my mind—maybe the boy is the cat reincarnated.
 
And then the thought dissipates, as all thoughts, and all things, do. 
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John Hawkhead
9/6/2019 11:48:16 am

Hi Marianne - I always on the lookout for good haiga/shahai and I really like both of these. It would be good to put together a haiga anthology - but who knows??

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    Marianne Paul


    is a Canadian poet, novelist and, recently, an amateur bookbinder. She has won the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival haiku contest and the inaugural Jane Reichhold Memorial Haiga Competition. Marianne posts her words and art on Instagram @ms.haiku, Twitter @mariannpaul and on her websites: www.mariannepaul.com and www.literarykayak.com.

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