tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post8804600686169318887..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: Laurie Kuntz writesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-84790336092044143932015-09-06T22:34:24.148-07:002015-09-06T22:34:24.148-07:00This is not haiku, it is a poem about haiku. It al...This is not haiku, it is a poem about haiku. It alludes to two famous haiku, one by Bashō. Although the poet had been working on the idea for some time (six months earlier he had already written a poem using the phrase "the sound of water," and he continued to find a first line, after rejecting his student Kikaku's suggestion about yellow roses), the haiku itself came to him when he was visited by his Zen master; Boncho asked Bashō a koan-like question (one that has no answer since it defies reason), and the haiku was the poet's response:<br /><br />an old pond<br />a frog jumps into<br />the sound of water<br /><br />--tr. Jane Reichhold<br /><br />The other haiku Laurie alludes to one by Issa. <br /><br /><br />On a branch<br />floating downriver<br />a cricket, singing.<br /><br />--tr. Jane Hirshfield<br />DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com