Tag Archives: Basho

Pond Life

Posted on April 3, 2019 by whimsygizmo

(for Basho) .. I know nothing of frogs and their plop-and-splashing, translations with exclamation points, and those without. But I have met cutting words in darkness, echoed again against the shattered sunspill silence of my lily pad heart.   .. … Continue reading →

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abbreviated weather report, part deux

Posted on October 19, 2016 by whimsygizmo

{with apologies to Basho} .. froggy, with a splash! of ……….chance.     ..  

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Haiku Sushi

Posted on May 6, 2015 by whimsygizmo

(Bashing Basho)   . No one pond along this sound but I, this frog. . . lone’s this: we eve an autumn branch; no one sits. . April floats and stirs; how soon it must willow. The butterfly leaves. . … Continue reading →

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