tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post8445735059719067115..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: Carven Gods Long GoneHobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-59411308037545258782013-06-08T19:08:12.459+01:002013-06-08T19:08:12.459+01:00Hi, and thanks!
I really need to read The Narrow ...Hi, and thanks!<br /><br />I really need to read The Narrow Road. It sounds amazing. (Also interesting that the haiku in that volume are translated into four lines.)<br /><br />All the books you suggested are in the library system, awesome! Thanks again.<br /><br />By the way, I like your own haiku a lot ... keep them coming!<br /><br />- BastianBastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446595871578853398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-50727452513705192172013-06-08T15:21:09.782+01:002013-06-08T15:21:09.782+01:00Dear Bastian,
The following two books are excel...Dear Bastian,<br /><br /> The following two books are excellent Basho translations - you can always trust Penguin Classics:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Barley-Haiku-Classics-ebook/dp/B002RI9BG2/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1370700984&sr=1-1&keywords=basho" rel="nofollow">On Love and Barley</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-62874055268333696592013-06-07T19:45:31.511+01:002013-06-07T19:45:31.511+01:00Hey Hobbes.
As a fellow lover of pu and haiku, I ...Hey Hobbes.<br /><br />As a fellow lover of pu and haiku, I enjoy your blog immensely.<br /><br />Do you know a good book on haiku? I would like to know more about haiku in Germanic languages. (Translation, onji, kireji, stuff like that.)<br /><br />- BastianBastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446595871578853398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-60532165245948729072013-06-05T11:42:10.048+01:002013-06-05T11:42:10.048+01:00P.s. Where is the temple in the image that makes t...P.s. Where is the temple in the image that makes the haiga? Flowing water holds a special place in the Zen vocabulary: when one practices, one is able to "stop the flowing water".Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-66238332630858696222013-06-05T09:39:18.719+01:002013-06-05T09:39:18.719+01:00My skin still tingles when I read this haiku, for ...My skin still tingles when I read this haiku, for the umpteenth time. What a powerful little poem it is.<br /><br />I'm not one to over-analyse a poem, especially a haiku, which is intended to be an instantaneous expression, but this Basho classic does deserve some reflection. <br /><br />The notion that the gods have long since departed suggests that Basho is not just talking about the Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.com