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Famous Japanese haiku poems made into haiku-comics.
"A great way to teach and learn haiku" - George O'Hawkin.
Old Pond Comics is a cartoon featuring the adventures of two frogs in a pond: Master Kawazu and his young apprentice Kaeru who wants to learn haiku.
The title of the cartoon is inspired by a famous poem by Basho:
The old pond;
A frog jumps in —
The sound of the water.
Matsuo Basho (tr. by R.H. Blyth)
After meeting haiku poet Basho, "Kawazu The Frog" becomes "Master Kawazu" and opens a haiku school in the pond.
Learning haiku is fun with Old Pond Comics. Start reading »
As seen in Geist, Ricepaper, The Bulletin, The Comics Decoder, Haiku Canada Newsletter, Frogpond, Troutswirl, Haidan, Lighting the Global Lantern.
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