Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Haiku
From: S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 12:13:04 -0700
References: <200204291348.GAA12672@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <v04011700b8f336280884@[66.81.30.161]> <v04011703b8f34bad1a64@[66.81.22.23]>

You're absolutely right. 
I gladly stand corrected. 
I hope this doesn't extend my servitude on the karmic wheel.
Slobodan Dimitrov


Guy Bennett wrote:
> 
> >It wasn't long before Basho followed that frog into the drink.
> >Basho, on the other hand, didn't come up.
> >I always thought that Southern School Buddhism, from China, influenced
> >the form.
> >Slobodan Dimitrov
> 
> Slobodan,
> 
> Are you thinking of Li Po?
> 
> He's the guy that drowned trying to embrace the reflection of the moon on
> the water (too much single malt). Basho died an old man (at 50), after
> falling ill during a journey. His last haiku:
> 
> Taken ill on a journey
> my thoughts wander
> over a withered moor
> 
> Guy
> 
> >Guy Bennett wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Basho's most famous haiku is probably the following:
> >>
> >> The old pond
> >> a frog jumps in
> >> sound of water splashing
> >>
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In reply to: Message from Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com> (Re: [Leica] Haiku)
Message from Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com> (Re: [Leica] Haiku)