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Monday, June 22, 2026

Basho's Frog for Our Time - Haiku

 

Lawrence Hall

Mhall46184@aol.com

Dispatches for the Colonial Office

LogoSophia Magazine – A Pilgrim's Journal of Life, Literature and Love

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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

Basho's Frog for Our Time - Haiku

  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office LogoSophia Magazine – A Pilgrim's Journal of Life, Literature and ...