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Defining Haiku here at Lunch Break that's 30 days, November 1st - 30th of haiku features

The haiku in today's haiga(illustrated haiku)

Furu ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
--Matsuo Bashô

The old pond;
A frog jumps in —
The sound of the water
--Translated by R.H. Blyth

(my interpretation of Basho's haiku)
splash...
in the old pond
a frog
--gillena cox


Today's note - Basho

The who of haiku? that would be Basho. It was Matsuo Basho who took the hokku of renga and deceided to poem it in a stand alone form, today we know the genre as haiku


I invite you to share some of your expertise on Basho with me

Thank you Lorrainefor
pond splash
love the ripple
Stone and Frog


Today's tag