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A Frog Jumps In
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coo coo — — coo coo
dove nests on chimney — — coo coo
meditate — — coo coo
consonant with dove
on nest-perch pen composes
coo coo — — coo coo
In “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” Basho wrote,
“If the object and yourself are separate — then your
poetry is merely subjective counterfeit.”
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Accept improvisation as it is.
sing with open eyes
envelope the audience
hair on neck erect
two staccato sounds
random from twelve tongues and lips
the pull of silence
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Two duets integrate: energy of silence and tension;
space and time; breath, pulse, rhythm; chance; sense
and nonsense; syllables, words, sentences; themes and
roles; associations; contrasts; constraints.
ha hu ha hu ha
hahu hahu hahu ha
hu ha hu ha hu
three moo blind mice moo
three blind moose mew three moo’s
three moot blind mäuse moo
Author’s Note: Ink stick, ink stone, brush and paper are the four treasures with which Basho recorded his three-year journey through Japan. My four treasures are pen, journal, keyboard and red thread. This chapbook is my thirty-three day journey. It is illustrated with self-made ink drawings and is bound with a red thread.
Kathrin U. Schaeppi lives in Basel, Switzerland and holds degrees in Biology, Women’s Studies, Communications, and most recently an MFA in cross-genre. She has published book reviews, a short story, poetry and self-published an illustrated family chronicle. She is an avid sports-woman and singer.