Flash Jul11 by Mark M. Redfearn A flash of lightning— old Basho’s pond splits open, swallowing a frog. Related Post navigation ← Trusting Winds → 28 comments on “Flash” artmusedog says: July 11, 2014 at 8:03 am I like your rendition of nature’s frog in your haiku ~ thanks, ^_^ artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor) Reply judie says: July 11, 2014 at 8:21 am Oh my, not familiar with old Basho, but I can see that frog leaping for safety! Reply Payal Agarwal says: July 11, 2014 at 8:24 am Unable to measure it’s depth, pondering over silence of the pond. Reply readinpleasure says: July 11, 2014 at 8:25 am It must have been a mighty split 🙂 Reply Mark M. Redfearn says: July 11, 2014 at 8:40 am Rather like the Red Sea, I suspect! 😉 On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 8:25 AM, Mark M. Redfearn wrote: > Reply readinpleasure says: July 11, 2014 at 8:41 am Hahaaaha! 🙂 Reply Gillena Cox says: July 11, 2014 at 8:25 am nice; i luv the action in this haiku, highly animated; thanks for stopping over at my blog; have a nice weekend much love… Reply Lea says: July 11, 2014 at 8:54 am What a jolt, your haiku! Reply Nonnie says: July 11, 2014 at 11:26 am startling, you bet! Reply Chèvrefeuille says: July 11, 2014 at 11:33 am I like your reference to Basho’s famous haiku and the humor in it … Reply wabi sabi says: July 11, 2014 at 6:04 pm 🙂 I’m smiling in spite of the image I have of the poor zapped frog! Reply Mark M. Redfearn says: July 11, 2014 at 7:22 pm I had to have a little fun at the frog’s expense! On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Mark M. Redfearn wrote: > Reply Blog It Or Lose It says: July 11, 2014 at 7:21 pm Doh! Spit that frog out! Lover the humor here. 🙂 Reply Arushi ahuja says: July 12, 2014 at 1:53 am Poor frog… Really funny… Imagining this made me smile…. Reply rebecca says: July 12, 2014 at 6:19 pm oh my. stunning. i think even Basho is smitten with you! Reply Nissa Annakindt says: July 13, 2014 at 7:30 am Poor swallowed frog! I hope it wasn’t the one that lives in my basement. Reply Rallentanda says: July 13, 2014 at 7:31 am Great take on the prompt. Creative and clever ! Reply Sherry Blue Sky says: July 13, 2014 at 9:01 am Oh this is extremely cool! The pond splitting open and swallowing the frog…….wowzers! Loved it. Reply ZQ says: July 13, 2014 at 9:02 am Wow! Reply Sumana Roy says: July 13, 2014 at 10:14 am grand image.. 😀 Reply Nataša Dolenc (@Natasek86) says: July 13, 2014 at 11:37 am 😀 super. Reply G L Meisner says: July 13, 2014 at 1:50 pm Very nice. Reply The Course of Our Seasons says: July 13, 2014 at 2:18 pm poor frog! Wonderful – K Reply annieelf2012 says: July 14, 2014 at 12:20 am Oh my. This made me laugh out loud. Reply Mary says: July 14, 2014 at 4:31 am Very evocative! Reply Susan says: July 14, 2014 at 1:42 pm One who dares to play with Basho! The lightning was bound to hit. Reminds me very irreverently of Peter Paul and Mary’s Old woman who swallowed a frog. Reply Mark M. Redfearn says: July 14, 2014 at 4:34 pm You may, of course, be as irreverent as you wish! 😉 On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Mark M. Redfearn wrote: > Reply adaspoetryalcove says: May 1, 2015 at 8:56 pm Love it! Reply Leave a comment Cancel reply Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
I like your rendition of nature’s frog in your haiku ~ thanks, ^_^
artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)
Oh my, not familiar with old Basho, but I can see that frog leaping for safety!
Unable to measure it’s depth, pondering over silence of the pond.
It must have been a mighty split 🙂
Rather like the Red Sea, I suspect! 😉
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 8:25 AM, Mark M. Redfearn wrote:
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Hahaaaha! 🙂
nice; i luv the action in this haiku, highly animated; thanks for stopping over at my blog; have a nice weekend
much love…
What a jolt, your haiku!
startling, you bet!
I like your reference to Basho’s famous haiku and the humor in it …
🙂 I’m smiling in spite of the image I have of the poor zapped frog!
I had to have a little fun at the frog’s expense!
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Mark M. Redfearn wrote:
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Doh! Spit that frog out!
Lover the humor here. 🙂
Poor frog… Really funny… Imagining this made me smile….
oh my. stunning. i think even Basho is smitten with you!
Poor swallowed frog! I hope it wasn’t the one that lives in my basement.
Great take on the prompt. Creative and clever !
Oh this is extremely cool! The pond splitting open and swallowing the frog…….wowzers! Loved it.
Wow!
grand image.. 😀
😀 super.
Very nice.
poor frog! Wonderful – K
Oh my. This made me laugh out loud.
Very evocative!
One who dares to play with Basho! The lightning was bound to hit. Reminds me very irreverently of Peter Paul and Mary’s Old woman who swallowed a frog.
You may, of course, be as irreverent as you wish! 😉
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Mark M. Redfearn wrote:
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Love it!