Day 39

an old pond

swallows the green frog

sound of blue water

h/t the game... (damnit)

Day 38

Old pond--

frog into it

sounds water.

Space of the page, and all...

Day 37

Pondside thick with mold,

a frog flops itself into

its watery sound.

Day 36

A pond's age

lets the frog in

its watery sound.

Oooh. That's horrible. But I'm tired.

Day 35

Sound of water

leaping frog

in the pond, now.

Having spent about six weeks on this already (I swear Imma fix the days), I find the reversal rather refreshing. The insistence of the "now" is also somewhat exciting. 

Day 34

This old pond--

frog leaps in,

builds water's sound.

h/t Bob Villa.

Day 33

Old pond, full of mold

through which a frog slips away

into water's sound.

Meh. 5-7-5 again. Must be the formal poetry packet I just handed out to my students that's keeping me so rigid these days. 

No, dirty mind, not that packet!

Day 32

Pond at dusk--

a frog's leap in

sounds water.

Dusk is old-ish, yes?

Day 31

The old pond a space

for a frog to leap into,

for water to sound.

A bit more of the traditional kindy-garteny 5-7-5 style. This one perhaps more successful than the previous...

Day 30

Pond yawns,

frog leaps in

water sounding out.

Taking a note from yesterday's funning around. 

Also realized that I've blown the numbering of all the days, and will have to remedy that at some point in the future.

But then, aren't we always fucking up the numbering of all our days?

Day 29

Off-the-wall pompilid--

Friulian jubilates except

Watcheye's soul brother.

Played the Oulippian n+7 game this afternoon...  Except I also adj+7'd, prep.+7'd and v+7'd. 

Seriously, you expected maybe 365 translations that I can't have any fun with?

Day 28

Fur ice yaw

karamu tobikomu

Maze no too

Here's what spellcheck thinks of Basho. I do like the "yaw"

Day 27

An old pondside;

frog jumps in

sounding the shallows.

Day 26

pond, old--

a frog jumping into it

splashes water

Day 26

old pond

in the frog jumps

water sounds

???

Day 25

pond settled

frog jumps in

water's sound

Day 24

the old pond--

frog sprung into

water's sound

In "yesterday's" post, I caught onto the idea of "springing," which may or may not be available in the Japanese, but the way the spring and old meet up against each other creates an enjoyable premonition and admission of the surprise in the last line. I have to admit, though, my personal imagination of the pond is a humid, midsummery one...

Day 23

old pond--

spring frog

water sound

My first fully missed day, and the first day of spring, to boot. Anyhow, in honor of the equinox...

Day 22

An old pond--

this frog's small leap

sounds water.

Tired, tipsy, thusly.