tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post7331565429088981507..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: A Haiku about Moon and Pine by Michael McClintockChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-79502491315715450422013-03-26T10:43:33.654-04:002013-03-26T10:43:33.654-04:00This well-crafted haiku has the “spirit of going a...This well-crafted haiku has the “spirit of going and returning,” which was advocated by the Shomon/Basho school (For more info. see, To the Lighthouse: Three Formulations about the Use of Cutting)<br /><br />"Moon" and "Pine" are often paired together in Chinese Tang Poetry. This symbolically rich haiku reminds me of the following tang poem:<br /><br />五言古詩<br /><br />宿王昌齡隱居, 常建<br /><br /><br />清溪深不測, 隱處唯孤雲;<br />松際露微月, 清光猶為君。<br />茅亭宿花影, 藥院滋苔紋。<br />余亦謝時去, 西山鸞鶴群。 <br /><br /><br />Five-character-ancient-verse<br /><br />At Wang Changlin's Retreat by Chang Jian<br /><br />Here, beside a clear deep lake,<br />You live accompanied by clouds;<br />Or soft through the pine the moon arrives<br />To be your own pure-hearted friend.<br />You rest under thatch in the shadow of your flowers,<br />Your dewy herbs flourish in their bed of moss.<br />Let me leave the world. Let me alight, like you,<br />On your western mountain with phoenixes and cranes. Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com