I wish I could draw or paint.Every time I read Basho's haiku I feel the urge to create (or recreate) the beauty I sense in his words.Others have tried before me as the internet is full of such examples.I've been wanting to get back into my cross-stitching for some time now and haven't felt inspired...perhaps … Continue reading On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho
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Just Saying
This quote popped up on my facebook feed during the week. The problems of NOW have been swirling around in my brain ever since.We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infintesimal hairline between an all-powerfully causative past … Continue reading Just Saying
One Hundred Great Books in Haiku | David Bader
No time to read the classics?Overwhelmed by all those pages?Ye olde style language too much?Then take a peek at Bader's haiku...100 classics converted into haiku. A cheat-sheet with rhythm! Pride and PrejudiceSingle white lass seekslanded gent for marriage, whist.No parsons, thank you. Bleak House Fog, gloom, men in wigs - the Chancery … Continue reading One Hundred Great Books in Haiku | David Bader