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The Old Pond

The old pond;
A frog jumps in –
The sound of the water.

— Basho

One can visualise the scene of an old overgrown pond, one can hear the plop as the frog jumps in.

Taken from A Zen Wave by Robert Aitken.

Also see

Dreams

Four haiku by Basho

Leaves falling

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This entry was posted on February 9, 2010 at 4:26 pm and is filed under mysticism, nature, poetry, Zen. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

One Response to “The Old Pond”

  1. talibhaiku Says:
    February 9, 2010 at 4:29 pm | Reply

    Ah yes the ancient pond – without a doubt Basho’s most famous Haiku.

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