old pond (add-on game)

[rayheinrich]

old pond
spring jumps in
sound of frogs


Addition haiku referencing amphibians, bodies of water,
and/or whatever comes into your mind (though hopefully not
amphibians and small bodies of water) is encouraged.

(Thank you billy for calling attention to my omission
of the damn game instructions.)

[billy]

it's one of those want to join in things isn't it.

basho would be smiling

[Leanne]

crickets play treble
frogs take the bass
let's have a basho

[rayheinrich]

it's one of those want to join in things isn't it.

basho would be smiling

Yes. Have corrected my omission of instructions, thanks for noticing.

Instructions:
Addition haiku referencing amphibians, bodies of water,
and/or whatever comes into your mind (though hopefully not
amphibians and small bodies of water) is encouraged.

P.S. Not necessary for Leanne, whooo whooo is lexically psychic.

[billy]

old pond
splash
piss on frogs

[Leanne]

Old Spice splash on
smells of piss
goes on toads

[rayheinrich]

ancient pond
old spice jumps in
smell of albatross

[billy]

old pond in summer
fishing floats go under
big fish for dinner

[rayheinrich]

old pond
high phosphate laundry detergent jumps in
sound of 3x10^6 phytoplanktonic cyanobacteria cells per milliliter

[billy]

old pond on bayou
nudist bather does backstroke
alligators splash

[cidermaid]

Old pond is frozen
Edgy iced tapioca
Hibernating toad.

[Leanne]

edges are battered
swamp under killing heat
toad in the hole

[milo]

edges are battered
swamp under killing heat
toad in the hole

battered edges
killing-heat swamp
hole full of toads

[billy]

swamp's battered edges
sun blisters bull frogs and toads
toads full of holes

[cidermaid]

Blistering Holy Toads!
Battered bull frog for dinner.
A swamp side nibble

[softlyfalling]

Bubbling hot toad stew
skin erupts and eyes explode
nom nom nom nom nom

[Truerenigma]

Are we playing off of basho?
Basho:

"A silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond.
Splash! Silence again."

[rayheinrich]

Are we playing off of basho?
Basho:

"A silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond.
Splash! Silence again."

Yes. (Though I prefer to think we're playing with him.)

P.S. Much prefer Robert Hass's translation:

The old pond —
a frog jumps in,
sound of water.

or James Kirkup's

pond
frog
plop!

or Alfred H. Marks'

There once was a curious frog
Who sat by a pond on a log
And, to see what resulted,
In the pond catapulted
With a water-noise heard round the bog.


P.P.S. And many others can be found here:

Matsuo Bashô: Frog Haiku (Thirty-one Translations and One Commentary)
http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passag...o-frog.htm

[Truerenigma]

Are we playing off of basho?
Basho:

"A silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond.
Splash! Silence again."

Yes. (Though I prefer to think we're playing with him.)

P.S. Much prefer Robert Hass's translation:

The old pond —
a frog jumps in,
sound of water.

or James Kirkup's

pond
frog
plop!

or Alfred H. Marks'

There once was a curious frog
Who sat by a pond on a log
And, to see what resulted,
In the pond catapulted
With a water-noise heard round the bog.


P.P.S. And many others can be found here:

Matsuo Bashô: Frog Haiku (Thirty-one Translations and One Commentary)
http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passag...o-frog.htm

Milos version:
Silent pond
Frog slash
Silence

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Are we playing off of basho?
Basho:

"A silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond.
Splash! Silence again."

Yes. (Though I prefer to think we're playing with him.)

P.S. Much prefer Robert Hass's translation:

The old pond —
a frog jumps in,
sound of water.

or James Kirkup's

pond
frog
plop!

or Alfred H. Marks'

There once was a curious frog
Who sat by a pond on a log
And, to see what resulted,
In the pond catapulted
With a water-noise heard round the bog.


P.P.S. And many others can be found here:

Matsuo Bashô: Frog Haiku (Thirty-one Translations and One Commentary)
http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passag...o-frog.htm

Milos version:
Silent pond
Frog splash
Silence

---

Are we playing off of basho?
Basho:

"A silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond.
Splash! Silence again."

Yes. (Though I prefer to think we're playing with him.)

P.S. Much prefer Robert Hass's translation:

The old pond —
a frog jumps in,
sound of water.

or James Kirkup's

pond
frog
plop!

or Alfred H. Marks'

There once was a curious frog
Who sat by a pond on a log
And, to see what resulted,
In the pond catapulted
With a water-noise heard round the bog.


P.P.S. And many others can be found here:

Matsuo Bashô: Frog Haiku (Thirty-one Translations and One Commentary)
http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passag...o-frog.htm

Milos version:
Silent pond
Frog splash
Silence

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Glassy pond,
Frog splash!
Ripples...

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Frog pond
Alligator eats frog
Darwin..

[Truerenigma]

A brown frog on a lilly pad,
an alligator sees, and eats.
The green frog laughs.

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Frog, pond,
plop! Summertime-
Basho's garden.