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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.

Matsuo Basho

Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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Animal Butterfly Togetherness
How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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Face Flower God Myself See
April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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Balance Butterfly Leaves
Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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Age Float Time World
At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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Pond Sound Water
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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Day Destination Home Journey
Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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Carry Enlightenment Water Wood
Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?
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Bone Cold Deep Fragrance Nature Perfume World
Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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Bloom Flower Poverty Truth
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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Creation Life Master Poem Poet Time Writing
Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And in doing so, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Otherwise you impose yourself on the object and you do not learn.
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Knowledge Learning Leaving Nature Wisdom Yourself
Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.
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Companion Humanity Leaving Mindset Mountain Universe Wisdom Yourself
Old pond, leap-splash – a frog.
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Frog Old
Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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Collection Rain River Water
Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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Awake Ice Night Sound Water
Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
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Cry Death Flower

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