Another week has gone by. Today's prompt from Haiku Heights is pine. I was inspired by a haibun by Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) titled "The Narrow Road to the Deep North". In this haibun somewhere he writes about the twin pine and is anxious to see it, but the twin pine is cut and used for a bridge. Basho's "Narrow Road" is a classical piece of literature and for sure worth reading. Click on the above link and you can read the whole version of his "Narrow Road".
anxious to see
the twin pine of the stories
once told
once told
a tale on pine trees
bonsai like
bonsai like
the islands of Matsushima
covered with pines
covered with pines
but the wondrous twin pine
I have never seen
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| Credits: pine tree bonzai |
