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WOLVES HOWLING: HARMONY OF CONTRAST

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

Per Jōsō: Lupos ululante Omnes insimul; Le vespere nivee. By Jōsō: Wolves howling All together; The snowy evening. In hokku habemus harmonia de similaritate, ma anque harmonia de contrasto.  Iste verso per Jōsō nobis mostra le harmonia de contrasto.  Como? In hokku … Continue reading →

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HARMONY OF CONTRAST: PLUM BLOSSOMS AND CHARCOAL DUST

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

Plum blossoms; They scatter on an empty sack Of charcoal.                   That is a rewriting of a hokku by Yayū. It is of course a spring hokku. There are, as I have … Continue reading →

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A HOKKU IN FIVE WORDS

Posted on June 14, 2010 by

There is a summer hokku by Kikaku that requires very few words in English translation: Inazuma ya   kinō wa higashi    kyō wa nishi Lightning ya yesterday wa east  today wa west. Lightning; Yesterday east, Today west. Even though … Continue reading →

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UNHURRIED BUTTERFLIES

Posted on March 12, 2010 by

Wafū wrote: Chō kiete    tamashii ware ni    kaeri keri Butterfly having-gone    spirit me to  returned The butterfly gone, My spirit Came back to me. What does he mean?  He means that he was so absorbed in watching … Continue reading →

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