tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post5847448718479965024..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: Floating World Haiku by Sylvia Forges-RyanChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-79539527658822120782015-02-19T08:43:43.358-05:002015-02-19T08:43:43.358-05:00This haiku is written in an Issaesque style: a non...This haiku is written in an Issaesque style: a non-human addressee and a Buddhism-influenced theme.<br /><br />don't cry, geese--<br />everywhere, the same<br />floating world<br /><br />Issa<br /><br />It could be read as a poetic reply to the following haiku by Issa:<br /><br />This dewdrop world --<br />Is a dewdrop world,<br />And yet, and yet ...<br /><br />Issa uses "floating world" or "dewdrop world" in the old Buddhist sense: the world is temporary and imperfect.<br /><br />Sylvia's juxtaposition of "floating world" and "dandelion puff" is thematically and emotionally effective.Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com