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Haiku Video inspired by Shiki

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I really like this Haiku Video found on Vimeo that was done for a video production class. It uses a modern-style of film-making to illustrate a traditional haiku by Shiki. I like that the spider is not seen but suggested.  It looks great (except for maybe the close-up of the fly).

Haiku Video (School Project) from BambucO Productions on Vimeo.

Asked how old she is, / She holds up the fingers of one hand; / The change of clothes. – Kobayashi Issa

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Asked how old she is,

She holds up the fingers of one hand;

The change of clothes.

 

– Kobayashi Issa (Haiku, R.H. Blyth, Hokuseido Press, 1984, 2nd print paperback, p. 728)

 

Haiku-comic by http://www.oldpondcomics.com