Showing posts with label BASHO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BASHO. Show all posts
Friday, January 12, 2018

Basho: some winter haiku

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Some winter haiku by Basho.  While it seldom, if ever, gets this cold in Tucson, I grew up in Chicago, and I remember those wintry days and ...
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Saturday, November 4, 2017

Haiku Bells

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Long ago I believe bells, church bells, played an important role in everyday life, especially in rural areas.  I wonder if that's still ...
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Friday, March 17, 2017

Basho's frog

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This is probably one of Basho's most famous haiku.   I have a book titled Basho's One Hundred Frogs,  a collection of 100 differen...
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Thursday, December 8, 2016

Basho: autumn haiku translations

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Once before I had posted a number of different translations of a haiku by Basho.  Well, inspired by a discussion on at least one other blog ...
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Monday, November 7, 2016

Balance

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Tomorrow, November 8, 2016,  is Election Day.   It is one of the most controversial and troubled elections we've ever had.  Predictions ...
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Monday, October 10, 2016

Short ones, but. . .

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Must be in a strange mood this morning as I read these short poems and found that they brought a smile, not a laugh, but just a gentle smile...
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Sunday, September 25, 2016

Missed cultural signals

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No. 93 well nothing happened yesterday has passed away with globefish soup                 -- Basho -- from The Complete Haiku Tex...
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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

A Minute Meditation

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No. 36 inside the temple   visitors cannot know      cherries are blooming                    -- Basho -- from   Basho:  The Complete ...
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Friday, July 22, 2016

Basho: just a brief post on a haiku

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The following are two translations of a haiku by Basho that caught my attention. The reversal is what made me stop and consider it. No. 7 ...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

It's April

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I know--April is two-thirds gone already, but as the old cliche goes--better late than never.  Following are several poems about April, and ...
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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Kenko: the ideal house

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No. 55 "A house should be built with the summer in mind.  In winter it is possible to live anywhere, but a badly made house is unbear...
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Sunday, December 7, 2014

Octavio Paz: some short poems

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Here My steps along this street resound              in another street in which               I hear my steps passing along this str...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Congruence

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  Ah, the sad expression in the eyes                      of that caged bird--                             envying the butterfly!       ...
Friday, November 29, 2013

More Autumn Haiku

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The storm has moved on and the sun is now shining on Tucson.         Pebbles shining clear, And clear six silent fish .  .  .         D...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Fall Equinox: Autumnal Haiku

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A bright autumn moon .  .  . In the shadow of each grass       An insect chirping     -- Buson --                                 The ...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Tucson Weather Report

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Tucson Weather Report Sunday, August 12, 2012 3:53 PM  MST Temperature:          108 F Relative Humidity     9%         Such ...
Friday, June 22, 2012

Carl Sandburg: a definition (nine actually) of poetry

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Poets and critics and scholars have long debated the nature of poetry.  However, I don't think anyone has come up with one definition th...
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Monday, May 21, 2012

Basho: a haiku or two or maybe . . .

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Some time ago I bought a collection of haiku by poets the editor called Haiku Masters.  When I opened it, I was surprised to find that it ha...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

Several Spring Poems

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I guess it's a truism that poetry is not about something but rather about the poet's perception of something. Glancing at the sever...
Friday, September 23, 2011

Fall Equinox

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Like last year, the first day of autumn, or the Fall Equinox, doesn't seem much like fall here in Tucson, where the temperature is expec...
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