I realized it is not much of a joke if no one knows what I am talking about. This is your fault Anne:
Furu ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
The old pond;
A frog jumps in —
The sound of the water.
Basho Translated by R.H. Blyth
March 18th, 2009
Devra
If you feel like the squirrel Ingrid, then you must have one sexy tail!
Her tail is awesome. It’s always clean, she never needs to blow dry it, and she can flick it at irritating people. What a fashion accessory!
Can you write a haiku titled “Ode to a squirrel’s tail”?
March 18th, 2009
Brad
The noble squirrel
flounces about with his tail
always grabbing nuts
March 18th, 2009
Laura
I used to be able to watch squirrels while I worked in the valley. I was quite impressed with a particularly smart one. When it started raining, it put it’s tail right over it’s head like an umbrella and went about it’s business.
I think that Basho was the one who once had a haiku-off. He went head to head with another poet to see who could write more haikus. They got to like 30,000 in one setting before they called a truce. And the funny thing is that the frog jumping into the pond is one of the more famous ones.
Squirrels, your favorite creatures! Have you seen the YouTube video of the obstacle course set up for the squirrel to get to the feeder? Totally hilarious. Clever, those squirrels.
p.s. I must remember to not make emoticons on your blog comments. I hate those gray little boxes, so dorky! {Insert tongue-sticking-out-emoticon here.}
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I like it. Like the Japanese classic poet, Basho. Most of his work didn’t make sense.
March 18th, 2009
Squirrel jumps on feeder
Oh no! Can’t jump to that branch!
A sound of failure.
Am I a dork?
March 18th, 2009
I realized it is not much of a joke if no one knows what I am talking about. This is your fault Anne:
Furu ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
The old pond;
A frog jumps in —
The sound of the water.
Basho Translated by R.H. Blyth
March 18th, 2009
If you feel like the squirrel Ingrid, then you must have one sexy tail!
Her tail is awesome. It’s always clean, she never needs to blow dry it, and she can flick it at irritating people. What a fashion accessory!
Can you write a haiku titled “Ode to a squirrel’s tail”?
March 18th, 2009
The noble squirrel
flounces about with his tail
always grabbing nuts
March 18th, 2009
I used to be able to watch squirrels while I worked in the valley. I was quite impressed with a particularly smart one. When it started raining, it put it’s tail right over it’s head like an umbrella and went about it’s business.
March 18th, 2009
I think that Basho was the one who once had a haiku-off. He went head to head with another poet to see who could write more haikus. They got to like 30,000 in one setting before they called a truce. And the funny thing is that the frog jumping into the pond is one of the more famous ones.
March 19th, 2009
Squirrels, your favorite creatures!
Have you seen the YouTube video of the obstacle course set up for the squirrel to get to the feeder? Totally hilarious. Clever, those squirrels. 
March 19th, 2009
p.s. I must remember to not make emoticons on your blog comments. I hate those gray little boxes, so dorky! {Insert tongue-sticking-out-emoticon here.}
March 19th, 2009
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