Basho - Zen Buddhist poet

[usbbaz]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuo_Bash%C5%8D

dbooster discusses one of Basho's most famous poems here :-
https://steemit.com/haiku/@dbooster/old-pond-haiku-of-japan-100#@usbbaz/re-dbooster-old-pond-haiku-of-japan-100-20180327t193324488z

I think it needs expanding for the Western audience because it is "advanced Zen" (lol)
So I proposed this as a translation :-

Pond
Frog
Plop!
Where is the pond?
Where is the frog?
What went plop?

What do you think? (haha)

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