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bokane.org
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469 days ago
Well there was the time nobody stopped me from translating a haiku as a limerick
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radiobeartime.com
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84 days ago
The monkeys in the gorge
Send up a cacophony of shrieks
“Ah, they are reciting your poetry”, laughed Du Fu
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words.bsky.social
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469 days ago
lmao hell yes did these get collected?
what a hilarious formal conceit
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bokane.org
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469 days ago
I only did the one, and @samuelwade.bsky.social rendered Bashō’s original as “Modern Major-General,” but the idea is free to a good home, with my compliments
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words.bsky.social
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469 days ago
far beyond my linguistic capacity but acknowledge its genius
chuckling at nursery rhymes and limerick koans now
that singsong lilt is the key...
is mother goose enlightened
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achinatiger.bsky.social
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469 days ago
And yes to Buson
more than last year
it is lonely
the autumn dust
(trans Stephen Addiss, because I miss Steve being in this world)
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Send up a cacophony of shrieks
“Ah, they are reciting your poetry”, laughed Du Fu
what a hilarious formal conceit
chuckling at nursery rhymes and limerick koans now
that singsong lilt is the key...
is mother goose enlightened
more than last year
it is lonely
the autumn dust
(trans Stephen Addiss, because I miss Steve being in this world)