haiku scribbler
natural miracles
brevity brilliance
seclusion
ensured him more accolades
unsought
Basho
As a child I read a story about Basho. He walked through the fields with his pupils, followers. A young poet saw a red dragonfly and he created a haiku on the topic:
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A red dragonfly
Remove its wings. Change has come
See a red pepper
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Basho was sad and shook his head. “No” He told his pupil. “By tearing off the wings, the dragonfly would die. Please don’t. A haiku should live. You just might write or say:
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A red pepper fruit
Add its wings and change has come
See the dragonfly"
water puddle
marathoners running
soaked sneakers squishing
W
O
R
D
S
Basho
Into the old pond
settling in. A cave
If I were to end it,
pull the cord and douse the cabin lights for good,
it would be here at the high bluff
salt tang in my hair blowing free to the lighthouse
the blue blue gem of the sea below
this is what I want, if I should ever choose to go
It does not mean I will
just that I might like it to be so
Such a Beautiful Place
Matsuo Basho
My brother, it’d snowed so much
That the Sun had died.
Poems are vital
For a better Society
Du Fu is happy.
Su Shi is proud too
Yes, Poetry is important
For the Universe.
Copyright © December 2023, Hébert Logerie, all rights reserved.
Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.
few chomps from his words
unfold all hues in cloudburst
real photographer
Jan 29,2022 1.56pm
Sage meanders
Sage observes
Sage proclaims
World's storm clouds unleashed
Wise owls rescue and protect -
New dawn awakens
Healthy - maybe
Global - maybe
Forever - maybe
WHO knows?
Weather life, be happy, be content
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Some clues to my Basho-style haiku
13 January 2022
World's storm clouds unleashed
Wise owls rescue and protect -
New dawn awakens
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written 12 January 2022
HAIKU CONTEST inspired by
BASHO only Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Damned I-Be
A morning spell
freshly proposed
comes quietly in
yesterday's ambient air
pushes out of the screen
archaic puffs of stale
what meanders out
is the remnants of me
before the crisis
caught between
hope and despair
I take to daydreaming
alone
again
in my bed
Jan 12, 2022
Sponsor Damned I-Be
Contest Name HAIKU CONTEST inspired by BASHO
meditation
beside the rippling stream
a silent cricket
©1/9/2022
A haikuist was Matsuo Basho
his masterwork,Kasen *you know
He practiced this long poetic sequence
a 36 stanza poem recited in length
*https://www.jstor.org/stable/2718744
BEFORE AND AFTER
pink plum and rose red
the sky melts rich colors
bliss between extremes
Written on 1/8/2022
For: Basho Style Haiku
Sponsor: Damned I-Be
this wind
how it changes direction -
my fickle mind
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Basho Inspired Haiku Contest
© 8th January 2022
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