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Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
LogoSophia Magazine – A Pilgrim's Journal of Life, Literature and Love
For a Friend on His Pilgrimage
As
you walk your path
Your
Narrow Road to the North
May
you find Heiwa
Showing posts with label Basho. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Basho. Show all posts
Saturday, July 25, 2026
For a Friend on His Pilgrimage - a poor attempt at a senryu
Monday, June 22, 2026
Basho's Frog for Our Time - Haiku
Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
LogoSophia Magazine – A Pilgrim's Journal of Life, Literature and Love
Basho’s Frog for Our Time
An old roadside ditch
A frog leaps into the lane
‘Neath Subaru tires
I suppose I had better apologize to Basho, his frog, the Japanese people, Subaru, the pretty little tree frog glaring at me through my bedroom window, and all lovers of Haiku!
Later: a dear friend reminds me that I have touched on this topic before:
Flat Frog Floogie
The silent carport
A frog croaks under a tire
Then silence resumes
Pinched from Basho’s famous pond poem
Music: “Flat Foot Floogie,” 1938
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Scorn not the Haiku (As Wordsworth did not Say) - two amateurish haikus
Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
LogoSophia Magazine – A Pilgrim's Journal of Life, Literature and Love
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
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