Scorn not the Haiku (As Wordsworth did not Say) - two amateurish haikus

  

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Scorn not the Haiku

 

Scorn not the Haiku

In simplicity - complex

Basho teaches us

 

We are Basho’s friends

Leaping into that old pond

The sound of laughter

 

Cf:

 

“The Old Pond,” Basho

“Scorn not the Sonnet,” Wordsworth