May 13, 2009

Haiga 208-Basho


Haiku by Basho Matsuo. (from"Narrow Road to Oku")

The last part "the eyes of fish fill with tears" is an interesting expression; it is almost sur-realistic.
This tells that "sketch" approach advocated by Shiki and later by Kyoshi, is not only way to write haiku.
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8 comments:

Curtis Dunlap said...

Absolutely beautiful!

Area 17 said...

I can't wait to see more!

This is one of my favourite haiku, and it's good to see non-shasei haiku.

all my best,
Alan
With Words Online Haiku Competition.

Ralf Bröker said...

Love it.

Best wishes
Ralf

Linda Brazeau said...

Beautifully done!

Gabi Greve said...

Great work!
Eager to see more!

Gabi from Okayama

bandit said...

The near surrealism of Basho matched as fish and bird share an indeterminate home.

Stunning!

kuni_san said...

Thank you everyone for the encouraging comments.

Anonymous said...

Great, great great. Bravo!
You are a true master. Thank you!