a cuckoo's cry --
moonlight seeping through
a large bamboo grove
[translation by Haruo Shirane]
Friday, November 20, 2009
Poetry Friday: Bamboo
In truth, Basho isn't my favorite haiku poet, but I like this one. It goes with my painting.
[translation by Haruo Shirane]
“When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breadth separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.” (Matsuo Basho)
[translation by Haruo Shirane]
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