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    The Way of the Trumpet
    The Way of the Trumpet
    The Way of the Trumpet
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    The Way of the Trumpet

    By Peter Josyph

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    Peter Josyph's the way of the trumpet is the first novel written in haiku form. Read equally well aloud or alone, the way of the trumpet creates its own rhythm while bringing us into the lives of Josyph's highly original, often hilarious and frequently profound characters. This is a departure from literary convention with a highly literate style. The way of the trumpet shows us the novel in truly rare form.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereBookIt.com
    Release dateApr 26, 2016
    ISBN9780982350003
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      The Way of the Trumpet - Peter Josyph

      the way of the trumpet

      A Haiku Novel

      by Peter Josyph

      Copyright © Peter Josyph 2012

      lostmedallion@optonline.net

      All rights reserved.

      Published in eBook format by Boone's Dock Press LLC

      Converted by http://www.eBookIt.com

      Cover art:   Portrait of Tim Hagans #2, by Peter Josyph

      ISBN-13: 978-0-9823-5000-3

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.

      for Tim Hagans

      I’m in the process of imagining a guitar.

      —Picasso

      one

      night cat wails in my

      garden—once again must I

      dwell on earth’s troubles

      winter leaves under

      feet, knowing as much about

      the past as I do

      that spider again

      daring me to unbuild him

      one strand at a time

      guests of the poet

      declining his rum so that

      he can work tonight

      mistress snoring as

      if we’ve left behind a job

      well done… shhh… don’t tell

      squirrel paws the page

      as I paw the garden… or…

      no… I think that’s right…

      preferring the slush

      of pipes on sand, gulls with their

      backs to the ocean

      egret likes to stand

      in the whirl of the rapids

      swan dunks down for food

      trumpet likes to blow

      in the whirl of the rapids—

      what choice do I have?

      NO FISHING FROM BRIDGE

      NO TRUMPET FROM BRIDGE. haiku?

      fine from bridge okay

      now post a sign: I

      DIDN’T HIT THE BEACHES AT

      NORMANDY FOR DOGS

      two

      whoot~whoot~whoot… whoot~whoot—

      that you owl?—or… some sly dove

      playing you? whoo’t?

      whoot~whoot~whoot… whoot~whoot

      that’s owl kept me up, that’s me

      listening—whoot~whoot!

      three

      chinese shavingbrush

      from montmartre—too bad it’s

      not for painting, huh?

      you crazy want more

      chinese shavingbrush—one you

      got last forever

      somewhere the old tapes

      from this old tape recorder—

      somewhere the old me

      here’s why I keep that

      filthy

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