Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
MATSUO BASHOI am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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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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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse, each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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