After Bashō

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Francois Lachance

I believe this pond poem is after Bashō: George Swede from Tell Tale Feathers.

A scan.

scan - george swede - summer afternoon - frog poem after basho

A transcription.

         Summer Afternoon


The bullfrog
            leaps
                     the green pond
                           opens
                          one eye
                            and

               goes back to sleep

A machine-readable string: Summer Afternoon The bullfrog leaps the green pond opens one eye and goes back to sleep

Keeping on rippling…

And so for day 2427
05.08.2013

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