Showing posts with label haiku. Show all posts
Showing posts with label haiku. Show all posts
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, 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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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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Friday, July 8, 2016

A Minute Meditation

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This will be something new: a brief, irregularly appearing post on something I just read that struck me in some way.  It could be a haiku or...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Carl Sandburg: "From the Shore"

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Here's one from Carl Sandburg that caught my eye as I was browsing through a collection of his poetry. From the Shore A lone grey b...
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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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Thursday, January 1, 2015

New Year Haiku

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I'm stealing this idea from Stephen Penz, over at First Known When Lost .  I hope you don't mind, Stephen.   As Stephen pointed out,...
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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, November 23, 2013

Some autumn haiku

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The first winter storm has settled down over Tucson for the past two days--temperatures in the low 50s--grey, gloomy overcast skies--rain, r...
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Monday, December 3, 2012

Loren Eiseley: Some short poems and a haiku by Roka

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Footnote to Autumn Old boulders in the autumn sun and wind, Settling a little, leaning toward the light As if to store its summer--these...
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, September 9, 2012

Emily Dickinson: The End of Summer

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#1536 There comes a warning like a spy A shorter breath of Day A stealing that is not a stealth And Summers are away -- But a spy is...
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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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Some Poems I've recently encountered

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I seldom sit down and read a  book of poetry straight through over a period of days.  I usually pick one up and read a few poems and then pu...
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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...
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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