The big three in sonnet sequences from the Elizabethan time zone were Shakespeare, Sidney, and Spenser. Of course, the Bard is the General Motors of the bunch. Spenser’s a Chrysler. But I’ll take Philip Sidney, my Model T. The complete “Astrophel and Stella” can be test-driven here.
SNOWY NIGHT
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Here is a winter hokku by Issa, this time needing no major changes:
夜の雪だまって通る人もありyoru no yuki damatte tôru hito mo arinight ‘s snow silently
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1 week ago

1 comment:
Roger, I love your improv. Suburu indeed.
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