Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
MATSUO BASHOFirst snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.
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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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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
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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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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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