tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post2436902529331326206..comments2023-12-05T03:34:14.680-05:00Comments on <b>Issa's Untidy Hut</b>: Two Haiku: Ring Out the Old, Ringing in the NewIssa's Untidy Huthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-43292196138227186122013-01-02T10:58:52.080-05:002013-01-02T10:58:52.080-05:00found the same two "Sho-u" poems that yo...found the same two "Sho-u" poems that you did<br />however<br />in McNaughton's 1971 book that i am now RE-READING<br />I just came across Ezra Pound's translation ('take on')<br />a Li Po poem (Ancient Wisdom, Rather Cosmic) which opens with<br /><br />"So-Shu dreamed "<br /><br />now, dig this me-thinks that this "Sho-su" is actually<br />So-shu !<br /><br />read this starting at left bottom:<br /><br />http://books.google.com/books?id=8uEqOrAnat0C&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=so-shu+pound&source=bl&ots=NaZGXf5tko&sig=MqXBDQkAU4WE_Mc1p9xM0NM-tLo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oVXkUIe-JO-D0QHmpoGYDw&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=so-shu%20pound&f=false<br /><br />this makes perfect sense to me<br />as<br />we can call Sho-u/So-Shu by<br />his real name... (as uncovered in the page out of this<br />book <br /><br />just another mixed-up dumb <br />hermit poet ?<br />Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-2288846585430741722013-01-02T06:47:15.489-05:002013-01-02T06:47:15.489-05:00Lyle:
Thanks for sharing this early layout by Dav...Lyle:<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this early layout by David of Issa's poem.<br /><br />To follow on Ed's thought, to the very point, precisely.<br /><br />DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-10468839484196710292013-01-02T06:46:08.487-05:002013-01-02T06:46:08.487-05:00Theresa:
Have a great new year - DonTheresa:<br /><br />Have a great new year - DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-35373444045588172972013-01-02T06:45:28.813-05:002013-01-02T06:45:28.813-05:00Donna:
It would be an honor to have you share it ...Donna:<br /><br />It would be an honor to have you share it ... thank you.<br /><br />DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-1129216372523667512013-01-02T06:44:55.499-05:002013-01-02T06:44:55.499-05:00Ed, thanks for taking up Joy's thread (& t...Ed, thanks for taking up Joy's thread (& the post's spirit) with Chuang Tzu and Lao Tzu. Cheers.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-57564973992930796262013-01-02T06:43:54.289-05:002013-01-02T06:43:54.289-05:00Andrea, thanks so much for the kind words. Occasio...Andrea, thanks so much for the kind words. Occasionally, Joy has to point out that I've written something even to me. DIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-21080463875518621462013-01-01T23:53:30.404-05:002013-01-01T23:53:30.404-05:00In celebration of the day, this from Issa:
to
my...In celebration of the day, this from Issa:<br /><br /><br />to<br />my<br />open<br />palms<br />flitting<br />down<br />snow<br /><br /><br />[Translated by David G. Lanoue; found in Issa: Cup-of-Tea Poems, published 1991 by Asian Humanities Press, Berkeley, California.)<br /><br />Cheers!Lyle Daggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-48727723324923202812013-01-01T17:19:00.582-05:002013-01-01T17:19:00.582-05:00Happy 2013!Happy 2013!Theresa Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03219267309595506434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-72267498868858227172013-01-01T13:05:49.509-05:002013-01-01T13:05:49.509-05:00Now I'm wondering about the dream I had last n...Now I'm wondering about the dream I had last night.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-19774941555764038562013-01-01T10:49:25.278-05:002013-01-01T10:49:25.278-05:00little tail twitching and gone...this world
Say n...little tail twitching and gone...this world<br /><br />Say no more, except thank you Joy for revealing the attribution; most of all, deep bow to your poem here, Don — all that is needed and forgotten, every day. May I share your poem at word pond, with attribution? ~ DonnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-43215322644838514632013-01-01T10:04:54.509-05:002013-01-01T10:04:54.509-05:00my intro in to " 'it' -all" was ...my intro in to " 'it' -all" was that 1971 book by William McNaughton: The Taoist Vision<br /><br />Chuang Tzu AND Lao Tzu, simultaneously.<br /><br />now your to-the-pont post today... thanks <br />very refreshing way to begin again ... naked-ly<br /><br />(Sho-u ? new to me. and the two new Ryokan books.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-22705313348006552382013-01-01T10:04:03.961-05:002013-01-01T10:04:03.961-05:00Thank you Don. Love your haiku. Thanks to Joy fo...Thank you Don. Love your haiku. Thanks to Joy for pointing it out, duh to me. My best wishes for more of your poetic wisdom and then some...AndreaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-15115725462769180112013-01-01T09:11:46.068-05:002013-01-01T09:11:46.068-05:00Joy, thanks so much for everything (including keep...Joy, thanks so much for everything (including keeping me relatively honest). HNY! DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-76582495926137583842013-01-01T06:25:02.842-05:002013-01-01T06:25:02.842-05:00There is a beginning.There is no beginning of that...There is a beginning.There is no beginning of that beginning. <br />Chuang-Tzu. <br /><br />And all take note that the little glorious monostitch at the start was written by Don the humble.Joynoreply@blogger.com