Saturday, October 9, 2010

More Autumn Poetry

Autumn Moonlight
 by Matsuo Basho

Autumn moonlight —
a worm digs silently
into the chestnut

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Posted by julimac at 3:30 PM
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2 comments:

  1. Catherine MackieOctober 9, 2010 at 10:16 PM

    Well written. Is this a form of haiku? I use the 5-7-5 syllable count when I write haiku.

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  2. julimacOctober 9, 2010 at 11:31 PM

    So did he, presumably, in his native language.
    Apparently, he may have invented the form.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuo_Bashō

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