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<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">L O W L A N D S - L - 02 September 2009 - Volume 03</font></div>
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<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: R. F. Hahn <</font><a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">sassisch@yahoo.com</font></a><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">></font></div>
<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: Literature</font></div>
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<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Mark Brooks wrote:</font></div>
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<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000099">With tongue planted in cheek, I have developed a new poetry genre. I call it texku, because it has the structure of haiku (5-7-5), but the topic of Texas. Haiku requires a reference to nature, but texku requires the expression of joy or lament. Below, you’ll see my first effort after a summer of more than 65 days of 100F (38C) temperatures.</font></div>
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<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Here's my shot at texku writing:</font></div></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">At the old mission</font></span></div>
<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Mariachi for gringos …</font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Those hot tamales!</font></font></div></blockquote><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
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<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Coyote's calling<br></font></div></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">birds to fly north through the dark<br></font><font size="2">across the long fence.</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron</font></div>
<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Seattle, USA</font></div></span>
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