Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Sequence of Thought


this spring in my hut
there is nothing
there is everything
Sudo Yamaguchi


I wonder if the thoughts change if the reader first encounters this haiku with the 2nd and 3rd lines reversed.

this spring in my hut
there is everything
there is nothing


In the original writing one sees a sparsely filled dwelling and the author is saying, this is how it should be. By having little in material things, one also has the ability to know what is vital to living. When the sequence of lines is changed, is the same message given? I haven’t decided.

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