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The journey itself is my home.

Matsuo Basho

Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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Age Fresh Mountain Nature Spring Time World
The journey itself is my home.
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Home Journey Myself
Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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Moon Myself Night Water
Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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Enough Hide Order See
April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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Balance Butterfly Leaves
How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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Desire Flower Moon Myself
Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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Cloud Forever Friendship Lost Wild
I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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Garden Hope Kindness Pay
Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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Insect Old Pond Sing Winter
At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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Pond Sound Water
Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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Death Life Moments Poem
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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Accomplishment Deep Devotion Interest Yourself
There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores
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Day Journey Myself Sea Wind
The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent of its subject is good. Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent, we never tire of.
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Goodness Hide Mystery Poem Reveal
For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
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Flower Food Love Poverty Togetherness
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

The journey itself is my home.

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