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Almost done with the Tobira chapter on haiku, I'm mostly writing it off as one that was just largely too difficult. Esoteric terminology, abstract/rule bending language that demands grammar mastery I don't have, and way too many new words thrown at the student in general. On the plus side, I did find a couple that I really liked and I'll probably look into a couple poets more down the road. Hopefully the workbook goes better.
Everything else is pretty good. Listening is fine, flashcards flowing as normal. I'm being more aggressive dropping cards from the deck, and I think I going to give myself a nice buffer to really lock in some of these words by December.
Sounds rough. Yeah, don't let it bog you down. I barely understand a lot of English (my native) language poetry... trying to squeeze the beauty out of language can really lead to deep cuts. Tho it surprises me that the textbook showcases ones that hard.