Haiku booklet – Idea and coordination by Sinclair Riley, teaching assistant
Eighteen haikus by the students of DAI Modern Letterpress Printing, Pino Trogu, instructor. Fifty numbered copies handset and printed on Moorim Pacesetter Silk paper. Stanza 153 Press, San Francisco State University, October 2016.
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H – Haiku booklet
DAI 226 Modern Letterpress Printing
Trogu / SFSU / Fall 2016
H (cover)
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Table of Contents
1 BODY – Nicolas Noratto
2 MEMES – Alan Liu
3 Crap Advice – Jimmy Ritson
4 SAIL – Denise Madayag
5 Calculation – Lingling Ma
6 Westinghouse – Pino Trogu
7 Grey – Erin Stillwell
8 TOO MUCH – Eddy Bach
9 YOU – Yuko Kuranuki
10 body – De Hao Wang
11 Teclear – Genaro Morales Lopez
12 Enigma of Life – Che-Niya Minor
13 Don’t Cry – Barbara Gomez
14 Morning – Sinclair Riley
15 talk. – Melissa Gonzalez
16 Love – DanielleRose Tia
17 YUM – Ashley Pae
18 Can’t Wait – Christian Gomez
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BODY
dependent body
why is health subjective now?
retrograde body
1 – Nicolas Noratto
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MEMES
I have lost my mind
All I can do now is meme
O sh!t it dat boi
2 – Alan Liu
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Crap Advice
Force yourself to rush;
Find clarity in your gut,
Excess thought blurs truth.
3 – Jimmy Ritson
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SAIL
Somewhere beyond the
sea, lies the key to endless
possibilities
4 – Denise Madayag
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Calculation
I count my fingers
not only for math homework
but for this haiku
5 – Lingling Ma
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Westinghouse
Empty pockets else
Crazy noise is the result
When coins drop in drum
6 – Pino Trogu
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Grey
stormy morning sky
rain drops wake up sleeping trees
tastes like hot black tea
7 – Erin Stillwell
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TOO MUCH
So damn serious
I do not understand why
I’m just here for fun
8 – Eddy Bach
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YOU
Like how light does
your sincere smile dispels darkness
in my heart
9 – Yuko Kuranuki
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body
they are parts of me
it is full of energy
i use it all day
10 – De Hao Wang
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Teclear
Throw on an apron
Put some paint on the rollers
Dance with the printer
11 – Genaro Morales Lopez
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Enigma of Life
Floating on a cloud
Dreaming about the future
Who will I be then
12 – Che-Niya Minor
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Don’t Cry
Sniff sniff, get away
I love you, I love you too!
but I don’t need you.
13 – Barbara Gomez
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Morning
Still air in still room.
Lights stays stagnant an hour but
still, I can’t get up.
14 – Sinclair Riley
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talk.
Spooning is our talk
bodies curled atmospheres
with no words between
15 – Melissa Gonzalez
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Love
Please be gentle with me
My mind holds secrets to keep
My heart aches for love
16 – DanielleRose Tia
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YUM
eggs, bacon, pancakes
cheeseburger, french fries, soda
spaghetti, meatballs
17 – Ashley Pae
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Can’t Wait
your gentle kisses
and other feral blisses
haunt my memory
18 – Christian Gomez
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