I can’t recall just when I first encountered haiku, that subtle, concise and often baffling Japanese poetry, but I suspect it was sometime in the late 1960s, not long after I was first introduced to Buddhism. I recall having the four-volume set of seasonal haiku by Blyth back in those
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Scripturient: Kerouac’s Haikus
Haiku is like a razor blade: small, light, but yet strong and incredibly sharp. Haiku says “Look over there!” and then smacks you from the other side. Haiku is the neutron star of poetry: stunning density combined with astounding brightness. Haiku swims in a sea of metaphor, darting like quick, bright
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short and sweet Trashy in China 4.0 version… Don’t have time to sit in front of my keyboard too much these days, kids… so I hammered out only a couple of things this week Stay tuned for lots of pictures over the weekend! ______________________________________________________________________________ It seems as though ReformCon Heritage
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Eight haiku by Matsuo Bashō, translated by R. K. Blyth. Wikipedia tells us the Shinto priesthood deified Basho in 1793, a sort of minor god of poetry, and for a time critical evaluation of his work was literally considered blasphemous. 1 Moonlight slants through The vast bamboo grove: A cuckoo cries 2 Ah, summer
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: The all-gas mask revival of Hamlet
The 1937 all-gas mask revival of Hamlet at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre would have probably gone down in the annals of theatre history as the best all-gas mask production — of any play — if the director, Sir Albert Fezbinder … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Recurring Thoughts While Watching CNN’s Coverage Of The Democratic Convention
Soledad O’BrienYour analysis is weakBut I want you babe. .
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Recurring Thoughts While Watching CNN’s Coverage Of The Democratic Convention
Soledad O’BrienYour analysis is weakBut I want you babe..
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Soledad O’BrienYour analysis is weakBut I want you babe. .
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