Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're absolutely right. I gladly stand corrected. I hope this doesn't extend my servitude on the karmic wheel. Slobodan Dimitrov Guy Bennett wrote: > > >It wasn't long before Basho followed that frog into the drink. > >Basho, on the other hand, didn't come up. > >I always thought that Southern School Buddhism, from China, influenced > >the form. > >Slobodan Dimitrov > > Slobodan, > > Are you thinking of Li Po? > > He's the guy that drowned trying to embrace the reflection of the moon on > the water (too much single malt). Basho died an old man (at 50), after > falling ill during a journey. His last haiku: > > Taken ill on a journey > my thoughts wander > over a withered moor > > Guy > > >Guy Bennett wrote: > >> > >> > >> Basho's most famous haiku is probably the following: > >> > >> The old pond > >> a frog jumps in > >> sound of water splashing > >> > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html