pelican dreaming

later he would walk down to the lagoon to look for the pelicans

Saturday, June 26, 2004

Was this the first hay(na)ku, tho modified for symmetry?

One of the finest examples of Zen calligraphy ever brushed is a set of scrolls written by Ryokan (1758-1831) for an illiterate farmer:
i-
ro-ha,
ichi-ni-san

(a-
b-c,
one-two-three)
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