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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice… Or backyard love?
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho The universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
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When I look to my heart for answers your face is all I can see.
TMCTMC I look to the face of many I stare into the eyes of a few, and as much as I try replicating you there is simply no replacing you.
TMCTMC Its been a while since a new face learned my favorite things.
Quinn ZukowskiQuinn Zukowski In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
DiogenesDiogenes I saved a spider from death. Stuck on the smooth white curvature, Almost drowning in the bathtub of regret. Eight eyes looking up at me, a face he will never forget.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson You can find beauty in the darkest of places. Be the light, my love. Bring smiles to their faces.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola People think your success is just a matter of having a pretty face. But it’s easy to be chewed up and spat out. You’ve got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it.
Kate MossKate Moss As I comb my hair I find a grey one stands out among all blacks. I’m too like that grey hair, lonely among familiar faces.
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