Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #36 “like Basho”
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an old frog
meditating by the pond
like Basho
Tag: Basho
frog
Carpe Diem Universal Jane #14 Basho’s “Old Pond”
quiet evening
disturbed by a chorus
spring peepers
old bricks
Carpe Diem #947 – grass pillow
In the Way of Basho – sabi
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mossy bricks
unearthed in crumbling shed
new garden path
spring evening
Carpe Diem #946 – spring evening
In the Way of Basho – hidden subject
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house sparrows
startled into flight
no hawk heard
spring tonic
Carpe Diem #945 – pine needles
In The Way of Basho – “Narrating an Admirable Act”
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stinging nettles
scavenged from neighbor’s field
spring tonic
frost
Carpe Diem Special #203 Basho’s Disciples :
Mukai Kyorai’s “Master of Persimmons”
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apple blossoms
hang limply from branches
spring frost
roosters
Carpe Diem #943 – Flute
In the Way of Basho – “literary reference”
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early morning
symphony of roosters
echo Saint-Saens
twist
Carpe Diem #942 – Thorn
In the Way of Basho – “twist”
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spring romance
meeting in the garden
mourning doves
bamboo
Carpe Diem #939 – Old Pond
In the Way of Basho – sense switching
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bamboo grove
breeze passes through
wind chimes
iris leaves
Carpe Diem #938 Iris leaves
In the Way of Basho – pseudo-science
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jasmine
blooming at night
like the moon
