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I knew you wouldn’t be able to resist

Basho spoke about capturing a moment that tells a story - sort of like a good photograph, I guess. There are lists of seasonal and place words and some of it can be quite subtle. Back in Basho's time they used to have haiku duels, going back and forth. It sounds like they had fun And the format continues to grow and adapt… for example there are thousands of haiku about spam (the meat product) at the Spamku site

That’s what I remembered from high school but I read somewhere… (on the internet so it must be true)… that the syllable rules are limited to the Japanese versions. The brevity and the provision of a seasonal word remains consistent across the format. The national associations are more flexible and more importantly, the greatest haiku poet of all time, Basho, said that it was more important to write a good poem that to strictly follow the rules… “Do not follow the ancient masters, seek what they sought.” However strong his opinions and theories, Bashō’s primary allegiance was to the living moment and its accurate, full-hearted presentation. Of the formal requirements of haiku, he said, “If you have three or four, even five or seven extra syllables but the poem still sounds good, don’t worry about it. But if one syllable stops the tongue, look at it hard.” ― Jane Hirshfield, The Heart of Haiku

Bloody authors

OMG i haven’t even read Chapter 1 and now you are releasing a new one

Pretty sure that has already been sorted

That’s why I had to check - I was very surprised

Ah but that's my secret plan - they will spend all their time fighting each other to prove who the real God Emperor is, that we will have some piece and quiet

Just checking

Are you on the naughty list?

or works for Santa Claus

My grandmother had problems with wonky footpaths - uneven surfaces are a curse. Keeping fingers crossed.

Bribery would be an inducement to undertake a certain behaviour. Page is saying thanks to a wise young guy…

It’s all good today

Hello there Man - how are you going?

It’s not fun. Should clear overnight but it will make sleeping a challenge

Is the armadillo on your coats of arms? Australia has the reputation of being the only place that eats both animals on its coat of arms. Yep we eat both the kangaroo and the dreaded murder chicken (or emu as the tourism folk call it).

My whole house smells of smoke

Hello young Albert

It appears I owe an unknown neighbour an apology… I was cursing them for using green wood in their fireplace - there is smoke everywhere. Then I saw the weather forecast with a smoke alert for a good third of the city due to burning in the forest

I didn’t think the Elton John song was about tires

That’s a lot of tiny ankle bracelets

Keeping fingers crossed here