Miyan's "flog" for "frog" comes
in for a flogging later. See humor.
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Example 2
Another example, which is also suitable for spring...
Furuike ya
Old pond...
kawazu tobikomu
a flog jumps in
mizu no oto
water's sound.
----- Matsuo Basho (1644--94)
Kigo --- kawazu ( flog ) for spring...
This is the most popular Haiku for Japanese people.
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miyan says, "This is the most popular
Haiku, which was composed by
Basho. Everyone knows this, even a child."
Osborne says, "Have young Japanese poets stayed with these traditional forms?"
miyan says, "IN modern Haiku, there are some poets who don't stay that strict 5-7-5 form but compose freely."
DocZ says, "Most of my poetry is free verse. But I like haiku. To me it isthe one verse form that helps rather than hinders the poet."
miyan says, "I feel the difficulty when I express my feeling only in 17 syllables."
miyan says, "Composing freely Haiku ( New Trend Haiku ).."
miyan says, "There are several
famous poets."