Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
MATSUO BASHOOld dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
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Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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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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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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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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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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