Today in Carpe Diem Tan Renga we are to write a completion to Basho’s famous
the old pond
a frog jumps in –
the sound of water
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Heron in downpour by Ohara Koson
the old pond
a frog jumps in –
the sound of water
and waiting heron
can feed its offspring
—
June 5, 2013
Your mind works in wondrous ways. Cycle of life. French cuisine for dinner.
Nicely done Bjorn
legs?
no my little one
have the whole frog
Well done, bjorn
Ah yes, the Heron’s been stalking the frog!
nice, really nice
i like the simple picture you paint in this…and how the extension changes the picture completely as well….its nature and life…
The truth of the circle of life.
Great 2nd stanza … so true, that’s the nature of the Heron, and so it must be. Watch out froggy.
Splash!!
perhaps hero’s young ones
satiate hunger.
😉