371: Barn's burnt down

[exceptindreams]

"Barn's burnt down"
Mizuta Masahide

Barn's burnt down --
now I can see the moon.

Comments

[amnotcute]

I don't know why that made me smile but it did. Thank you.

[plotbunniofdoom]

oh

:DDDDDDDDDDDDD

So simple yet a beautiful image.

[etherealizabeth]

I'll say. I'd be extremely pist off if my barn burnt down - I've got livestock in there!

[serai1]

Mmm, *sigh* Gotta love Japanese poetry. Succint, precise, subtle and evocative. It puts all those long-winded, self-indulgent Western poets to shame.

[orangepeel]

I agree. While I enjoy both, I love its deceptive simplicity! There is room for self indulgence though (and ironically, it's in the self, haha).

[serai1]

It's incredible how freakin' difficult it is to wrestle complex ideas into just a few words. But when it works, it's magic. I don't think any story I've ever read has rivaled Hemingway's six-word masterpiece:

For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.

There are whole novels that can't top that for depth of emotion.

[pacesetter]

one of my favorites. :)