tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post6474933403917754917..comments2023-12-05T03:34:14.680-05:00Comments on <b>Issa's Untidy Hut</b>: R. H. Blyth's HaikuIssa's Untidy Huthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-7669310633755384122008-12-28T10:10:00.000-05:002008-12-28T10:10:00.000-05:00Ed, you are welcome ... great perspective, thanks ...Ed, you are welcome ... great perspective, thanks <BR/><BR/>DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-87667607164031406572008-12-26T09:36:00.000-05:002008-12-26T09:36:00.000-05:00of course: this comment from Kokie:on my wall pi...of course: this comment from Kokie:<BR/><BR/>on my wall pinned a six X nine inch yellow sheet with (my) myriad mantras there-upon this single sheet was typed using my Underwood Upright in (((about 1999 (when I had (recently) 'dropped back in"))) and on it next to the next to last entry<BR/>Blyth's:<BR/><BR/>The secret of life consists in being always <BR/>and never serious."<BR/><BR/>then next to last from Cid:<BR/><BR/>"Let the words tell you what you should be saying."<BR/><BR/>the last 'entry' lines of mine (which, via Cid a single word (or two) was dropped or relocated which is why in the final poem I put the line in quotes):<BR/><BR/>On the swept pond<BR/>snow sets <BR/>out<BR/><BR/><BR/>so at least two points via R.H. B.:<BR/><BR/>simultainkneeuhtee AND as an ontology I offer<BR/><BR/><BR/>Full Moon/Half Moon/<BR/>Walking Mind:<BR/>in her Garden<BR/>simultaneously<BR/><BR/><BR/>on that sheet, also , this from Buson:<BR/><BR/><BR/>"The essence of haikai is to use ordinary words and yet become seperate from the ordinary."<BR/><BR/>and from E.E.Cummings:<BR/><BR/>"Singing birds shouldn't talk."<BR/><BR/>thanks for your "diving into" ....s t u f fEd Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.com