tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post524624341686038659..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: Haibun GuafengzhaiHobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-11517104136503050152013-08-29T16:17:01.921+01:002013-08-29T16:17:01.921+01:00Some prose - my "Zen prose" description ...Some prose - my "Zen prose" description of my decidedly clumsy, non-Zen ability to knock things over with my long limbs. <br /><br />The haiku, turning falling prettier than ever, reflects the beauty of something only realised when on the moment of its destruction. We never know what we have until it's gone - or about to be. Thankfully, as the prose suggests, it didn't break Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-66287043376124335682013-08-29T16:16:18.260+01:002013-08-29T16:16:18.260+01:00This one may need some explanation.
"Haibun&...This one may need some explanation.<br /><br />"Haibun" is one of favourite genres of writing, and is one that I dabble in often when I travel, my inspiration being the epic haibun of Basho, as he travelled the interior of Japan.<br /><br />Haibun is a mixture of prose in the Zen style, and haiku. The linkage between prose and haiku is supposed to be like the linkage between images andHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-39429029109330521452013-08-29T15:59:20.297+01:002013-08-29T15:59:20.297+01:00Thank you, Vovic :)Thank you, Vovic :)Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-49423790882322141712013-08-29T11:12:53.992+01:002013-08-29T11:12:53.992+01:00I really enjoyed it. And haiku too. :)I really enjoyed it. And haiku too. :)Vovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12774488077933759653noreply@blogger.com