Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
MATSUO BASHOBreaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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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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Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
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The journey itself is my home.
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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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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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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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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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