Blogs about: Basho
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What Is and Isn’t: A Butterfly Wearing Tennis Shoes, by Robert D. Wilson / Simply Haiku
. . . two hokku penned by the late exiled Catalan poet, Agusti Bartra, from his deathbed: The light is teaching the air that travels how roses are born. As if distracted, on my way, I… more →
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Dependence
wrote 1 day ago: I said I want independence, which is not quite true. I want to avoid dependence. I do not pursue ind … more →
Walking the Vera Wagner Memorial Labyrinth, in Tribute to Elspeth Pope
wrote 4 days ago: On May 18, I arrive at the Holly House in Shelton, Washington, about an hour and a half south of Sea … more →
OLD POND, OLD WELL
wrote 4 days ago: As most of you know, Bashō wrote this spring hokku, which R. H. Blyth translated as: The old pond; A … more →
I like to wash, the dust of this world, in the droplets of dew (Bashō 1644-1694)
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wrote 1 week ago: droplets of dew. February 18, 2013. Kozoji, JapaniPhone 5. ISO 80. 4.1mm.f/2.4/1/20. Lightroom. Silv … more →
Little Billboards
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wrote 1 week ago: One of the poems that opened me up to the possibilities of haiku in English was this piece by Gary H … more →
MORNING MELONS MUDDIED AND COOL, MINUS "THINKING"
wrote 1 week ago: Bashō wrote: In the morning dew, Muddied and cool – The melons. Just one look at that should t … more →
* from the car: verses & such
wrote 1 week ago: As we made our way from O to O – Oregon to Ohio – I found myself writing little lyrics a … more →
Pensiveness
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wrote 1 week ago: Our technology ~ A modem day dilemma ~ What would Basho do? … more →
On Calvino's "Invisible Cities" (and Relocation to a New/Old Town)
wrote 2 weeks ago: It finally happened. After four years of self-imposed exile from the West (Best) Coast and a six-hou … more →
meet and haiku...
wrote 2 weeks ago: The Haiku Society of America invites you to its second quarterly national meeting of 2013, hosted by … more →
Diving In
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wrote 2 weeks ago: When I first moved to Japan many, many years ago, someone told me to bring along a bottle of Johnny … more →
Blossom
wrote 2 weeks ago: Last month I spent an overcast spring day at the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale Farm, near Fave … more →
To plan or to plunge?
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wrote 2 weeks ago: What a nude “gesture sketch” class taught writer Rachel Howard. Go to the pine if you want to learn … more →
Conference Recap - The awe inspiring quality & number of conferences in Cascadia!
wrote 3 weeks ago: Rails 2013 Conf (April 29th-May 1st) The Rails 2013 Conference kicked off for me, with a short bike … more →
Carpe Diem Haiku ~ The Moon
wrote 3 weeks ago: the same moon Basho saw but no pond anywhere here better to read his haiku and dream … more →
Happy Vesak/Wesak!
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The First Sunrise of 2013: Luang Prabang, Laos Today is Vesak/Wesak, the anniversary of the Buddha … more →
Bees, Basho, Blossom, Brogdale.
wrote 3 weeks ago: As interlude to the Emily Dickinson discussion, a nicely crafted project of artist/poet Alec Finlay … more →
Over a week!
wrote 3 weeks ago: I don’t have a number icon for that long without pirate attack. What I’ve been doing is … more →
Books from the Tenri Library
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wrote 3 weeks ago: © Tenri Central Library The Brunei Gallery at SOAS, where 100 years of Japanese Books, an exhibition … more →
