Publication update

Andrew Syor’s first book, Triptychs: A ‘Nam Marine’s Now and Then, is scheduled for release, Fall 2011, by MilSpeak Books. Triptychs, a study in stretch-haiku, flash memoir, and abstract photography, takes the reader on a narrow road to the interior of a Vietnam Veteran’s assimilation of his wartime experience. Henry Avignon’s abstract gestural photographs heighten the reading experience while setting each “panel” in the triptych form, similar to medieval altarpieces. Now, in the 21st century, each panel is composed of poetry, prose and photographs presented in electronic book format. The stretch-haiku pane, a new meditation in the ancient tradition of linked verse and haiku, represents Andrew’s reflective now. The flash memoir pane represents Andrew’s Vietnam War combat past. Each photograph created by military family member Henry represents the binder between poetry and prose, the thread that binds then and now to the present, the eternal and the transient, and all that stands between those who served and those who watched from home.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/triptychs-andy-syor-henry-avignon/1113031015?ean=2940011521614

Bird Dog (mixed Haiku/Senryu)

BIRD-DOG

Ageless cautions sent
to the wise and the foolish
forethought afterthought

awareness on the
embracing random resolve
of Fates' three sisters

ancient challenges
inherent motivations
correct impulses

combat veterans
confident accomplishments
locked in memories

varied beginnings
running the gauntlet of life
similar ending

A. L. SYOR

No Wind No Waves (mixed Haiku/Senryu)

NO WIND NO WAVES

Ancient mystery
before your ancestors' birth
knowing where you were

recognize no mind
non-existent existing
no begin, no end

no names, no concepts
no knowledge, no perception
no death, no decay

no suffering start
no suffering cessation
no path to follow

no obtaining thoughts
for cause effect survival
no not obtaining

all things are empty
to see further, stand higher
answers will be found

Andy Syor