Haiku – Friday 6th November 2015 / myLot

Preston, England

November 6, 2015 9:20am CST

1/. More books than heartbeats One is not enough of me I so need cloning 2/. The grey invader Obscures the blue sky above I learn to rain dance 3/. Uncertain future My sense of impending doom Beyond pessimism 4/. Poor old Narcissus If only he looked like me No more death in vain. 5/. Filling a quota Just completing statistics You can work for us. Arthur Chappell

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AnjaP

@Rollo1 (16676)

• Boston, Massachusetts

6 Nov 15

I do enjoy your Haiku, even though I am not really a fan of the form itself. Your little observations are always sharp and witty.

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

7 Nov 15

right? I hate haiku's...well I used too. His are amusing!

Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

7 Nov 15

with the whole free kindle books I grab per day I totally agree with you, I could read for years and never catch up! loved todays haikus, you should ponder an amazon self published volume of these.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44941)

• Preston, England

7 Nov 15

I have one self published book on kindle but twelve on Lulu Press print on demand which generally sell better.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44941)

• Preston, England

7 Nov 15

@Jessicalynnt yes, Print on demand lets them print and bind one or two copies cheaply so none are printed until ordered - at one time publishers had to make multiple copies of books so they often ended up with unsold copies left over and printing fewer was expensive because of printing press set ups - now they can run off and bind single copies as ordered without waste - small presses call it print on demand

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

7 Nov 15

@arthurchappell Lulu I know of, vaguely, but print on demand?

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