Seven full days to the deadline for the 2nd Annual Bashô Haiku Challenge. 11:59 pm, Saturday, October 31st will be the final postmark.
Much good luck to all!
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.Matsuo Bashô
translated by Robert Hass
a farting contest
under the moonflower trellis...
cool air
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue
best,
Don
2 comments:
i like that Issa poem... always clever! the Basho one is good too, never seen that one before.
Greg, yes, I just sort of fell into both of them. Just when I think I've read everything by them, up pops more ...
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