Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Wednesday Haiku, #29: Bart Solarczyk









Wednesday Haiku, Week #27





in the mirror
I am dog
obey me
Bart Solarczyk








nightingale--
even the rascally dog
howls for love
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue











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9 comments:

  1. Charles GramlichAugust 3, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    Howling Hound Haiku!

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  2. BartAugust 3, 2011 at 3:01 PM

    Thanks Don. What a perfect picture!

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  3. adityaAugust 4, 2011 at 5:02 AM

    Don,
    I believe 'rascally' is a very interesting choice for the translated haiku

    In the roadside puddle
    a single kite-
    the dog who sniffs it

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  4. tomAugust 7, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    Bart! What fun!

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  5. Issa's Untidy HutAugust 8, 2011 at 10:36 AM

    Thanks, Charles and Tom.

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  6. Issa's Untidy HutAugust 8, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    Bart, glad you liked the picture, thanks again for the poem ... just back after a week away, so I'm behind in many things. More soon.

    best,
    Don

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  7. Issa's Untidy HutAugust 8, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    Aditya:

    I curious - is that kite as in a paper kite one flies on a string or kite as in bird?

    best,
    Don

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  8. adityaAugust 9, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    Bart,

    A great haiku. I missed it in the first comment dont know how!

    Don,

    Your curiosity has taken it in a completely different more interesting direction .. making a fulcrum out of, as I now realize, my careless usage of the word 'sniff'.

    I only meant a paper kite one flies on a string!( a reflection that is).

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  9. Issa's Untidy HutAugust 10, 2011 at 7:22 AM

    Thanks, aditya ... funny how language works. The ku itself works either, or perhaps in both, way(s).

    Don

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