Issa's Untidy Hut: Steely Dan: Black Friday

Friday, November 27, 2009

Be careful, out there!

a pheasant cries--
burnt black yesterday
this ancient pine
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

PrisNovember 27, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Love that haiku!
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banditNovember 27, 2009 at 7:12 PM
A bit forward of me, but what the hell, (senryu) how often?

just enough to tide us over 'til black friday
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Issa's Untidy HutNovember 28, 2009 at 6:50 AM
Thanks, Pris, sometimes poor Issa still gets the short shrift ...

and, bandit, well, maybe ...
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PrisNovember 28, 2009 at 8:11 AM
I love Issa. He's so human in his haiku (senryu).
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Issa's Untidy HutNovember 28, 2009 at 8:50 AM
ah, thanks, Pris, senryu, with a tip of the hat to bandit ...

Issa is the most humane, compassionate of the haiku masters, hence the human-themed senryu ...
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