Hilton Head Island: a film about the 1960 Sydney Hobart Race and four haiku

I thank William for a link to a film about the 1960 Sydney Hobart Race that I find quite enjoyable and interesting.  How much the boats and equipment have changed.  And for that matter the clothes spectators wear.

I have twice spent a year living on a mooring in Sydney Harbor’s Elizabeth Bay and I have sailed past Tasmania both north and south.

In 1960 I had never even been on a sailboat.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xuPPMMQz5J0

Presently my morning Chinese or Japanese poetry is THE CLASSIC TRADITION OF HAIKU.

Here are four, some in multiple translations, by Matsuo Basho 1644-1694, who is considered the most significant writer in haiku history.

This is said to be his first masterpiece and the most influential Japanese poem on the English language.

I like this one because across four hundred years Basho describes what Carol and I often see in one of the live oak trees just beyond our deck.

And two more.