Tag Archives: Robert Louis Stevenson

OVER THE SEA TO SKYE

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

Constantine Cavafy has a poem called simply Ithaka, one of his historical pieces in which advice is given to a traveller setting out on the journey to Ithaka — and the advice is “Hope that the road is long.” The … Continue reading →

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THE RAIN IS RAINING ALL AROUND

Posted on June 2, 2010 by

The fundamental principle of hokku is that it is about Nature and the place of humans as a part of, not apart from, Nature — set in the context of the seasons.  Here is a hokku by Shōha emphasizing the … Continue reading →

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