Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
MATSUO BASHOWith every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
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