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.
MATSUO BASHOHe who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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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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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 oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
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Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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