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The old pondFollowing are several translations / of the 'Old Pond' poem, which may be / the most famous of all haiku:
Matsuo Bashō123
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DEFINITION OF: haiku***“While the rules for writing haiku in Japanese are clear, / there is no Clear consensus for any other language. / This means that I am write and everyone else is wrong.”***
@warner-baxter35
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A Collection of Dumb Haikus, ThanksOh, my Medusa / That piercing, seductive stare / Gets me so rock hard.
@achillesontheroof19
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Rondeau Redoublé: The Shoulders of GiantsRead Shakespeare and Milton and all of the rest / Keats, Coleridge and Wordsworth are some of the best / Read Ted Hughes and Sylvia, Motion, Duffy
@william-tweetsworth30
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The Waves and Wind ForeverWind driving cloud-cows / across a range of blue / Holds gulls by wing tips
@elizabeth-balise26
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East Harlem to the Grand TetonsNo words, oily body sweats, city summer. / Desperate to get out and never return although / stalled on Triborough Bridge I admired the skyline.
@robert-ronnow19
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the bellThe temple bell stops - / but the sound keeps coming / out of the flowers.
@irinia5
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BlackThe sun sets the red west ablaze, the east darkens to deeper shades. / Virgin green heads lie / in between know nothing and say nothing
@michael-allen19
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All the way past WestminsterAll the way past Westminster / the Thames breathes rain & clouds / & the grim reaper beckons
@dreams-of-sepia40
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Family LikenessJesus says / of the lilies of the field: / *That even Solomon in all his glory
@frank-russell9
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POEM 89***Walking With Basho** / Note: These haiku (hokku) were written after / reading a book of Basho’s ‘travel logs’. It contained
@aztec-warrior66
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POEM 88***Basho On The Night Stand** / I. / I found Basho sitting on my night stand;
@aztec-warrior39
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Old PondOld Pond. / A frog jumps in. / The sound of water.
@audrey-hepburn-jamison4
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SPIRIT OF BASHOSpirit of Basho_ / breathing in and out / of gases
@cornelpunk4
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This World of DewI see a green tree. It is all I want. / A dry rocky mountain and a hawk / satisfy. To die spiritually in
@robert-ronnow34
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"BEWARE THE DONALL DEMPSEY MY SON!""BEWARE THE DONALL DEMPSEY MY SON!" / The frog slid slowly down / my throat.
@donall-dempsey71
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Bashing BashoHEY EVERYBODY ! / If you like Haiku verse form: / bad haiku dot com
@connecthook3
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Crosswords and soap boxes slicker than fresh pooh in the rainHaiku ? / What you want ISN’T POETRY / Nor, is what you are making . Its a crossword puzzle!
@OldeMrHoover41
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BashoThe leaves are still green / Where are you headed? / I see her, sleeping in the backseat
@iridezombieunicorns11
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Haiku and syllable countingHaiku ? / What you want ISN’T POETRY / Nor, is what you are making . Its a crossword puzzle!
@OldeMrHoover55
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BirdWhen I see you, / I see a choir of doves / As white as the cliffs of Dover;
@william-crowe-ii42
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A CLASSICAL RHYME.A for Anne Sexton, again and again! / The love and the anger had come back again! / B for Bob Dylan, ballad of a thin man!
@john-parker46
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broken"Oh, tranquility / Penetrating the very rock, / A cicada's voice."
@irinia22
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