Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
MATSUO BASHOEvery moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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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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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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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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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.
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