Japanese Zen Monk Considers Which Haiku to Share with Tour Group
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The Onion Staff
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Summary
A Zen monk in Japan contemplates which haiku to share with a tour group, considering classic poems by masters like Bashō and Ryōkan that might profoundly impact the visitors with reflections on life's fleeting nature.
Key quotes
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I could mess them up with that Bashō one about the full moon's splendor
trawling through his mind for the best contemplations on life's fleetingness in syllabic sets of five-seven-five that could blow their fucking minds.
Then again maybe I hit them with Ryōkan
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