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A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.

Matsuo Basho

The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse, each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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Age Deep Destiny Forever Home Journey Life Moon Old Sun Time Travel
Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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Age Float Time World
Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
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Beginning Dawn Hands Moon Summer
There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.
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Flower Moon Nature See Thinking Yourself
Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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Break Deep Frog Resonate Silence Water
At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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Pond Sound Water
A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.
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Memories Skeleton
Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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Drop Spring Tree
Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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Enough Hide Order See
First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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Bridge Fall Snow
Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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Existence Plant Rope Twisted
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Deep Seek Teaching Wisdom
With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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Butterfly Change Mindset Place
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
The universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being.
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Empty Intimate Relationship Unique Universe
Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.
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Autumn Break Up End Leaving Myself Relationship Yourself

A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.

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