More complicated than the syllabic structure of the haiku is the
required theme -- its relationship to seasonal changes. How much did
Pound know about thematic requirements of a series of haiku?
Christopher, have you studied renga? I would think you might be
interested in their place in the history of the oral poem. And has
anyone studied a possible relationship between renga and cantos?
And one more question, I have been looking for a collection of renga,
the product of a multilingual experiment between Octavio Paz and some
others. Does anyone know where I might find it?
Thanks,
Kristen
--- "Booth, Christopher" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dr. Nogami:
>
> Prof. Saga's Web site has many haiku-related links, and I was
> reminded of
> the following haiku-Pound anecdote:
>
> Ezra Pound was walking with Marcella Spann in Italy after his return
> there
> from St. Elizabeth's.
>
> Marcella noted one of those small quick lizards that are so common in
> Italy
> on a wall. She saw the long, jointed, splayed toes of the lizard
> before it
> darted away as they approached, and exclaimed to EP "That lizard's
> feet are
> like snowflakes."
>
> EP told her that what she had said was a haiku.
>
> The gist and pith of EP's comment was that it was the brevity and
> intensity
> of the imagery that makes a haiku a haiku, not the _form_--17
> syllables, 3
> lines, usually of 5, 7, 5 syllables, respectively, etc.
>
> EP adopted the line for Canto CXIV, Drafts & Fragments [p. 813 in my
> handy
> ND paperback edition of the _Cantos_, 10th-13th lines down].
>
> Chris Booth
>
> > ----------
> > From: Hideo Nogami
> > Reply To: Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine
> > Sent: Friday, January 7, 2000 9:34 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: photo of EP's place
> >
> > I met a beautiful photograph of the place where Pound
> > sleeps in Venice. Taken last year by Prof.Saga and posted
> > at the site bellow.
> >
> > http://www.nime.ac.jp/cgi-bin/mu/saga/viewguest.cgi
> >
> > Hideo Nogami
> > studying Ezra Pound nonprofessionally in Japan
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
>
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