Bashō

[Lake]

Bashō

banana or plantain-
a small tropical-looking tree
with large oblong leaves
that rarely bears fruit
easily torn in wind and rain
so vulnerable
so useless

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[hepingdao]

so vulnerable
so useless


neat wording
and cleverly craved
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[William Zhou周道模]

咏物诗。借物讽人。
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[Lake]

Thanks hepingdao and William.

I was wondering why the poet chose the plant as his name, so I looked it up, then there you go.
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[非马]

Hi Lake. An interesting poem.
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[Lake]

Thanks Mr. Fei Ma.

The poet thinks himself as vulnerable and useless as a banana tree.

Best,
Lake
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the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry -- Billy Collins