- Haiku
- Mouse -
If not for the cat
And the scarcity of cheese,
I could be content.
--Jack Prelutsky
Jellyfish –
Boneless, translucent,
We undulate, undulate,
Gelatinously.
--Jack Prelutsky
These are from Jack Prelutsky's book If Not For The Cat. It's a nice book, and I'd recommend it to anybody who likes poetry, haiku, animals, or even just words. I especially like the way he uses 4 and 5 syllable words so well.
This is the haiku I was trying to remember last week:
ReplyDeleteEven in Kyoto,
when I hear the cry of a bird,
I long for Kyoto.
It's by Basho (who was the first great Haiku poet.)
Doug
Gelatinously. Love it.
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