Here’s a quick take from the journal of George Seferis. Interesting enough read. Much about his work as a diplomat. And a few entries on Mrs. Zen - this curious little figurine he made out of a walnut shell.
Kikakou, one of Basho’s pupils, presented this haiku to his master:
Look, a dragonfly,
remove its wings—
a pepper tree.
“We mustn’t abuse nature,” Basho scolded and told him to reverse the haiku if he wanted to make it better:
Look, a pepper tree
add wings –
a dragonfly.
Good to see you up and running,Keith.
ReplyDeleteKeith:
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't remember your blog being down. I check it pretty regularly.
Anyway, I'm glad you're back up. I hope everything is okay. We need you here.
All the best,
Greg Rappleye
Thanks Bill.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I wanted to ask if you have any work out for consideration right now? Anything forth coming?
I have not sent anything out - haiku or tanka - for a while. Kind of lost my steam. But visiting your site kind of makes me fidgety for writing haiku again.
Greg, thanks. Everything's okay and getting better - I hope.