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Poet: Matsuo Basho
Poem: How admirable
Volume: The Essential Haiku
Year: Published/Written in 1994
Comment 1 of 1, added on June 2nd, 2005 at 10:45 PM.
LoL .... beautiful ....
I believe this to be a tongue in cheek comment. ....
He is saying that he admires any one who can see the raw naked power of lightening, which shines bright for a millisecond and is gone, without comparing it to the life of man, who in the scheme of things shines bright for a second and is gone.
Billy from United Kingdom
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LoL .... beautiful ....
I believe this to be a tongue in cheek comment. ....
He is saying that he admires any one who can see the raw naked power of lightening, which shines bright for a millisecond and is gone, without comparing it to the life of man, who in the scheme of things shines bright for a second and is gone.
Billy from United Kingdom