Haiku by Kikaku
A dragonfly
remove it swings...
a red pepper!
Kikaku
Kikaku was one of Matsuo Basho's pupil. When Kikaku wrote this haiku:
A dragonfly
remove it swings...
a red pepper!
His master Basho thought the haiku was to cruel and replied with this version:
a red pepper,
add some wings,
a dragonfly.
First published in Frogpond, Haiku Society of America, 34:1, Winter 2011
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