This episode of Haiku Chronicles takes us back to 16th century Japan when the first great Japanese master of haiku, Matsuo Basho wrote his breakthrough haiku, “Furu-Ike-Ya” (Old Pond). Donna Beaver and Alan Pizzarelli discuss the poem's interesting history and its influence on the poetic form of haiku.
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Sasa Vazic // Jun 8, 2009 at 12:35 am
Very impressive. Thank you Donna and Alan! Best wishes, Sasa Vazic
Maureen Gorman // Jun 12, 2009 at 9:33 am
Very well done and easy to enjoy. Thanks for your efforts.
Steve DeLong // Jul 23, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Through iTunes, I just discovered your site and podcasts. Wonderful, lit. full-of-wonder. Thank you so much.
I have picked up some of your thoughts and passed them on, adequately I hope, in this blog post: http://jusido.com/2010/07/13/bashos-frog/
Cheers.
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