Literature Project #20 Matsuo Basho Autumn Haiku

20 days into my year long daily Literature project. Here in the Northern Hemisphere today is the first full day of Autumn so here is a haiku by the great Japanese poet Matsuo Basho. If I could have had a lie-in I would have avoided going out on this wet Autumn morning!

Omoshiroki/ Aki no asane ya/ Teishu-buri

It’s great.

Having an autumn lie-in.

As the host.

[Suzanne]

Your photo conveys the kind of autumnal feel that leads to the feeling of retreat. Here's another one by Basho in a similar vein:

Autumn is near:
My heart inclines once more
Toward the room with four-and-a-half mat floor.

Nb Did you finish 'The Woman in White'?

[Andrew-Bede Allsop]

@ankers70 Love this one thanks for sharing. Not finished 'The Woman in White' yet but enjoying it tremendously. I have got to just after the dastardly Sir Percival locks our heroin in her room and sacks her personal maid, but what IS the devious Count up to and when is the gallant Mr. Hartright going to return on his white charger to rescue the fair maiden? Can't quite work out whether or not this is a love story, a mystery story or even a ghost story (Anne Catherick).

[Casablanca]

So atmospheric. Do you speak Japanese? Arigatō and Neko are about my limit (thank you and cat!)

[Andrew-Bede Allsop]

@casablanca You have just doubled my Japanese vocabulary! I would love to learn Japanese but my language skills are virtually zero.

[Dave]

Nice night shot

[PhotoCrazy]

Wonderful pic!

[Kathy]

This seems to be a stereotypical image of an English village scene at night. You’ve got fog, street lights and dark space is in between and no one around. Is there a murderer lurking somewhere?

[Andrew-Bede Allsop]

@randystreat Probably there is for murder comes in many forms but often we do not recognize it!