tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126088940278550727.post301511657550220669..comments2023-05-23T06:27:45.215-07:00Comments on Immersed in Word: A Sequence for JapanKay Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204653574216344790noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126088940278550727.post-71796140335299628512011-03-25T17:22:06.845-07:002011-03-25T17:22:06.845-07:00No apologies necessary, Chen-ou. I think I interpr...No apologies necessary, Chen-ou. I think I interpreted your question in the way you meant. :o)<br /><br />Congratulations upon the completion of your e-book!<br />~KayKay Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07204653574216344790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126088940278550727.post-15830008053994599482011-03-25T14:48:01.040-07:002011-03-25T14:48:01.040-07:00Kay, I'm really sorry for the question I raise...Kay, I'm really sorry for the question I raised in my reply. <br /><br />It was meant to show the drastic differences of theme and tone in our poems due to the destruction of frogs' habitat.<br /><br />My apologies.<br /><br />Chen-ouChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126088940278550727.post-6378404351279986582011-03-25T12:03:54.287-07:002011-03-25T12:03:54.287-07:00Chen-ou, I cannot tell a lie, I read your essay in...Chen-ou, I cannot tell a lie, I read your essay in the last Magnapoets and was inspired. I hesitate to call my sequence Haiku, because, I never conform completely to the "rules." It feels a little jilted, and I may convert it to a cinquain some day.<br /><br />Yes, I wonder what Basho would say! Thank you for your kind words. :o)<br />~KayKay Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07204653574216344790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126088940278550727.post-20284955158606208612011-03-24T19:24:39.697-07:002011-03-24T19:24:39.697-07:00Kay, A heartfelt poem sequence.
Before the earthq...Kay, A heartfelt poem sequence.<br /><br />Before the earthquake, I wrote a haiku sequence for Basho:<br /><br />The Ripples from a Splash<br /><br />moonlit pond…<br />are frogs asleep<br />tonight?<br /><br />flower moon --<br />its eyes on the flowing clouds<br />a frog<br /><br />this frog<br />crouches on a lotus leaf --<br />reciting Basho<br /><br />the frog<br />shatters the moon’s face...<br />alone by the pond<br /><br />I wonder, “What would Basho say if he were alive today and could read our poem sequences?<br /><br />Chen-ouChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com