Matsuo Bashō
Bad Haiku
Haiku #38184
there is a common
desire in art to seem "cool" which
is a false zen nature

all unattached but still
without soul and without God
this is how I understand "modern cool" as a kind of Pharisee state of mind for the modern age
Haiku #38184
Posted: February 7, 2007 9:35 am ET
Poet & location: Mox