Thomas Fink


MAYAN HAY(NA)KUS



         9

I
in an
ear (jug) caw.


         10

A
we, us,
wet, has use.


         11

I
am as
you are. But.


         12

X
is an
and. Sly. Bus?


         13

I—
be an
ego? Hey, why?


         14

W—
by to
wax his war?



         15

W—
up to
see war out?


         16

F,
no if,
out for max.



Note: The “Mayan Hay(na)ku” is named for Maya Fink, who modified Eileen R. Tabios’s poetic form by placing constraints on the number of letters in the words in each line. The first 8 “Mayan Hay(na)kus” in this series were published in MiPoesias and then in No Appointment Necessary (Chicago: Moria Poetry, 2006).

 
 
 
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