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 BASHOThe fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, “I shall be unhappy without loneliness,” shows that he made loneliness his master.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Old pond, leap-splash – a frog.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, “I shall be unhappy without loneliness,” shows that he made loneliness his master.
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Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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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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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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