old pond’s spring water clouding with fresh abundance ripple of tadpoles Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #14 Basho’s “Old Pond” Chèvrefeuille tells us that this weekend-meditation is a new episode of the special feature in honour of Jane Reichhold, ‘Universal Jane’, whose favourite haiku poets included […]
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Wedded Rocks
soft wrinkles of waves ocean’s treasure wrapped in silk Shinto wedding gift Kim M. Russell, 2017 Wedded Rocks My response to Carpe Diem #1162 Ueno Iga Province, birthplace of Basho Today we are visiting the region in which Matsuo Basho was born: Iga Province near Ueno, in modern-day Mie Prefecture. We have already learnt a lot […]
Inspired by Basho
solitary crow conspicuous in bare limbs of an autumn tree the caw of a crow echoes hollow loneliness in leafless seasons © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image by David Russell My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #7 Basho (the translations) This Wednesday sees a new episode of Universal Jane, a weekly feature in which we […]
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