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The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, “I shall be unhappy without loneliness,” shows that he made loneliness his master.

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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Flower Interest Tree
All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Friendship Moon Ugly View
Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
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Home Insect Rain Spring
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
The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter.
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Avoid Believe Break Desire Divine Human Myself Noise Silence Sound
With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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Butterfly Change Mindset Place
On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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Autumn Evening
Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Live Nature Ourselves Tree
Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice… Or backyard love?
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Cat Love Starve
Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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Enough Hide Order See
April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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Balance Butterfly Leaves
From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
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Fall Food Tree
Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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Animal Butterfly Togetherness
Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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Dreams Greatness Summer
Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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Bloom Flower Poverty Truth
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

The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, “I shall be unhappy without loneliness,” shows that he made loneliness his master.

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The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, “I shall be unhappy without loneliness,” shows that he made loneliness his master.

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