sound of water haiku
The Frog Pond
By Matsuo Bashō
The old pond,
A frog jumps in:
Plop!
The Frog Pond
By Matsuo Bashō
The old pond,
A frog jumps in:
Plop!
"A pure drop of rain may fall on a beautiful water lily or on a dirty mud pond! This is exactly what happens when we are born!"
Mehmet Murat Ildan
Today I saw the dragonfly
Come from the wells where he did lie.
An inner impulse rent the veil
Of his old husk: from head to tail
Came out clear plates of sapphire mail.
He dried his wings: like gauze they grew;
Thro’ crofts and pastures wet with dew
A living flash of light he flew.
-Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Pure tranquil serene
Behold transcendental Koi
Ugly stupid carp
- Noshnikigoi
“Insect masses like fireworks explode. Dengue, Malaria, West Nile Virus: Discomfort, despair will fill your abode. This is what your life will be without us.”
A Frog’s Poem by Michael Dutton
Frog populations have been declining worldwide at unprecedented rates, and nearly one-third of the world’s amphibian species are threatened with extinction. Up to 200 species have completely disappeared since 1980, and this is not normal. Amphibians naturally go extinct at a rate of only about one species every 500 years.
Amphibian populations are faced with an array of environmental problems, including pollution, infectious diseases, habitat loss, invasive species, climate change, and over-harvesting for the pet and food trades.
Unless we act quickly, amphibian species will continue to disappear, resulting in irreversible consequences to the planet’s ecosystems and to all humans.
Frogs eat mosquitoes; provide us with medical advances; serve as food for birds, fish and more; and their tadpoles filter our drinking water. Plus, frogs look and sound cool, and kids love them -- so there are lots of reasons to save the frogs!
“ When we save the frogs, we’re protecting all our wildlife, all our ecosystems and all humans.”
Dr. Kerry Kriger, Founder & Executive Director of SAVE THE FROGS!, Washington DC, Save The Frogs Day, April 29 2011