A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.
MATSUO BASHOA flute with no holes is not a flute.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
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I felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air.
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.
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Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.
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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
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