Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
MATSUO BASHOThis autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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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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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
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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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Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice… Or backyard love?
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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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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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