You must reverse the haiku, not:
a dragonfly;
remove its wings –
pepper tree.
but:
a pepper tree;
add wings to it –
dragonfly.
~ The Japanese master Basho in response to Kikakou’s poem
For My Own Soul.
You must reverse the haiku, not:
a dragonfly;
remove its wings –
pepper tree.
but:
a pepper tree;
add wings to it –
dragonfly.
~ The Japanese master Basho in response to Kikakou’s poem