Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
MATSUO BASHOSpring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.
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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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I felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air.
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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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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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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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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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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
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