2006-04-05

626. The Lilly Pad

full moon...
a frog hops off
the lily pad

8 comments:

Gabi Greve said...

well, it that is not old Basho talking here ...

Gabi
. Happy Haiku Gallery .

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Pat Paulk said...

Smart frog!! Like this one alot!!

Bill said...

Just right. The Basho echo doesn't stop this from being your own, and one to be proud of at that.

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

good one!

Masago said...

Thanks everyone. BTW, I can see the Basho echo however it wasn't intentional.

Anonymous said...

:) this made me smile

polona said...

where's my previous comment!? - not the first time blogger swallowed them...
never mind, i'll say again: i really like this one, and i feel that basho echo, too.

Gabi Greve said...

Here is one more this reminds me of:

from the talest lily
he partakes of the sunset
the tiny frog


and here is how this looks (the lily was an iris as I discovered later ...)

. The Tallest Lily .

Greetings from Japan
Gabi
. Happy Haiku Gallery .

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