BASHO AND THE PEPPER POD

One of Basho's fans, a poetry student ... came to him and said, "I've got a great idea for a poem! It goes: 'Pull the wings off a dragonfly, and look - you get a red pepperpod!'"

Basho said, "No. That is not in the spirit of haiku. 'Add wings to a pepperpod, and look - you get a red dragonfly!'"

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