tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post4077620154431041309..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: Is This My Zen Robe?Hobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-17441804413954799802011-03-02T01:07:40.826+00:002011-03-02T01:07:40.826+00:00A Hah! I really like your explanation as well, I t...A Hah! I really like your explanation as well, I think both of ours almost fit together because you came pretty close to being a cross dresser :P<br /><br />Thanks for the tips on writing haikus, I've already started to think of some with "A Hah!" moments. I posted one of my poems on my blog and would be honored if you checked it out.<br /><br />Mr.WongAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16751569715042784622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-6805906752906831522011-03-01T08:58:24.915+00:002011-03-01T08:58:24.915+00:00Thanks for the comments and gassho, all.
Mr. Wong...Thanks for the comments and gassho, all.<br /><br />Mr. Wong: what a fascinating take you have on my simple haiku. Cross-dressing and laying in the darkness aside, a haiku is more or less what you make of it. I wouldn't like to tell you that you're wrong - but your take of my haiku is a different one to that which I'd written. <br /><br />The thing about haiku is that they are <i>Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-64427934756569896952011-03-01T00:08:23.231+00:002011-03-01T00:08:23.231+00:00Funny! Like this one.Funny! Like this one.Elliot Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12558753615945429022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-12001165571721154762011-02-28T22:01:21.901+00:002011-02-28T22:01:21.901+00:00Hmm I'm really into poetry and I want to start...Hmm I'm really into poetry and I want to start haikus so I'm trying to understand your haiku. Let me share my thought process with you. At first I assumed you must be a cross dresser, no offence, but you are saying your Zen robe is your wife's clothes. Then I started to read into the first line, darkness before dawn, which means you must be in bed or something. So I think my "Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16751569715042784622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-64519217971587064242011-02-28T21:37:35.529+00:002011-02-28T21:37:35.529+00:00GasshoGasshoLeaf Dharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17467341808701387652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-73482680759389900512011-02-28T21:16:40.357+00:002011-02-28T21:16:40.357+00:00One of my favourite things about haiku is their se...One of my favourite things about haiku is their sense of "placedness" - they have the sense of being somewhere real, and take you there. Give you a little hint of it. Ideally, give you a little involvement, and draw you in - you "get" a haiku, there has to be that "haiku" moment, which some books call the "a-hah!" moment.<br /><br />I used to agree with Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-33644469443615161712011-02-28T19:37:15.848+00:002011-02-28T19:37:15.848+00:00I love it. :)I love it. :)Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11887146212773750891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-12919486304153603372011-02-28T11:55:26.538+00:002011-02-28T11:55:26.538+00:00It has been said that the spirit of Zen is knowing...It has been said that the spirit of Zen is knowing how you left your shoes when you kicked them off upon entering the house.<br /><br />It is this that turns my little poem from a senryu to a haiku.Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.com