About Me
- Name: Sagepaper
- Location: United States
An only child and service-brat, I was born in Panama. We lived on Indian Reservations when I was two to four-and-a-half -- crucial years for social development. Culturally, I am a mixed-up White Eyes from Mescalero. I began college at fifteen, enjoying a luxurious seven years of rigorous liberal arts education. Since graduating with a B.A. in Psychology, I have avidly read non-fiction, adding enormously to my formal education. Disabled by Tourette's Syndrome and other conditions, I live in Atlanta's suburbia. My father and husband are both physicians, and share a consulting business. (I am very proud of what they do, but I mention their occupations because people cannot seem to move to another small-talk topic if I simply say I am disabled. They must be told an occupation, and will start asking about family members to get one.)
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Herein find essays, musings, Haiku, and other traditional poetry.
Monday, April 18, 2005
Micha-Form English Haiku
While Micha-Form is very demanding, it helps replicate the necessary discipline for Japanese Haiku. By imposing traditional English poetic discipline on the Haiku, the strictures of this form force the poet to get to the Zen-like heart of the subject matter. I hope you will enjoy reading and composing in this style.
"I am complex-minded, but simple-hearted." -- Micha
