Comments on: Figures from the Desert http://shortpoem.org/figures-from-the-desert/ Short Works for the Peripatetic Web Surfer Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:27:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lorin Ford http://shortpoem.org/figures-from-the-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-841 Lorin Ford Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:37:48 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/2008/10/figures-from-the-desert/#comment-841 Old Cowboy Flies, dust, campfire, my horse peeing by my bedroll. I gather that this is meant to be an allusion to Basho's well known haiku: nomi shirami / uma no shitosuru / makura moto fleas and lice / now a horse pisses / by my pillow - translator, Jane Reichhold Old Cowboy

Flies, dust, campfire,
my horse peeing
by my bedroll.

I gather that this is meant to be an allusion to Basho’s well known haiku:
nomi shirami / uma no shitosuru / makura moto

fleas and lice / now a horse pisses / by my pillow
- translator, Jane Reichhold

]]> By: Susan Hornbach http://shortpoem.org/figures-from-the-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Susan Hornbach Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:21:22 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/2008/10/figures-from-the-desert/#comment-692 Flies, dust and fire, and horse pee near the bedroll, I must say Joseph, it all sounds pretty hot, dirty, and stinky. Ha! Ha! Sue Flies, dust and fire, and horse pee near the bedroll, I must say Joseph, it all sounds pretty hot, dirty, and stinky. Ha! Ha!

Sue

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