April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
MATSUO BASHOThis autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice… Or backyard love?
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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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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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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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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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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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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