tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159465.post393574927373189655..comments2023-05-24T22:53:48.790+09:00Comments on WKD (01) ... World Kigo Database . . . (WKD): Pomegranate (zakuro)Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159465.post-66569883724927424212015-06-09T05:52:57.773+09:002015-06-09T05:52:57.773+09:00Kobayashi Issa
this pomegranate
tastes like me
en...Kobayashi Issa<br /><br />this pomegranate<br />tastes like me<br />enjoy it, little louse!<br /><br />我味の柘榴に這す虱かな<br />waga aji no zakuro ni hawasu shirami kana<br /><br />In the prescript to this haiku, Issa recalls the legend of a mother demon who went about eating children. The Buddha recommended that she switch to a diet of pomegranates, which supposedly taste the same as human flesh. <br />.<br />See R. H. Blyth, Haiku (Tokyo: Hokuseido, 1949-1952; rpt. 1981-1982/reset paperback edition) 3.794. In this hard-to-translate haiku, Issa catches one of his lice, and, instead of killing it, places it on his surrogate, the promegranate. <br /><br />David Lanoue<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159465.post-2848061916839323852011-09-07T05:50:17.566+09:002011-09-07T05:50:17.566+09:00Thanks, Robin!
Hope we find the Alcock quote . . ....Thanks, Robin!<br />Hope we find the Alcock quote . . .Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159465.post-76775661881736652092011-09-06T23:51:33.063+09:002011-09-06T23:51:33.063+09:00Re the zakuroguchi -- i just figured it was becaus...Re the zakuroguchi -- i just figured it was because the entrance was so small and the pomegranite seems to have a pinched tiny opening. One reason for the small entrances was that the amount of hot water available was far less than what we are used to and the heat had to be guarded. As for the ambience, the first English consul Alcock's long descriptions beat all others combined(may have quote in my Topsy-turvy 1585) & I think Lewis Carroll borrowed from it! See what you think!Flying Tofuhttp://www.paraverse.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159465.post-32963465422218002742010-08-25T06:55:55.745+09:002010-08-25T06:55:55.745+09:00pomegranate...
a sunset colors
the bathers
Dear G...pomegranate...<br />a sunset colors<br />the bathers<br /><br />Dear Gabi san, it is continuously a joy to walk the path of poetry as we seem to discover more along the way.<br /><br />Chibi<br /><br />more<br />http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=718216843&v=wall&story_fbid=102109089850868facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=718216843&v=wall&story_fbid=102109089850868noreply@blogger.com