- "Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old - / These fields and mountains!" ~Matsuo Basho
- "A little girl under a peach tree, / Whose blossoms fall into the entrails / Of the earth." ~Matsuo Basho
- "I felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air." ~Matsuo Basho
- "Octopus traps - / summer’s moonspun dreams, / soon ended." ~Matsuo Basho
- "A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors." ~Matsuo Basho
- "Petal by petal / yellow mountain roses fall— / sound of rapids." (I thought it said 'rapists', and I rather fancy that better...) ~Matsuo Basho
- "Wake, butterfly - / It's late, we've miles / To go together." ~Matsuo Basho
- "Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty." ~Matsuo Basho
- "Along my journey / through this transitory world, / new year's housecleaning." ~Matsuo Basho
- "I'm a wanderer / so let that be my name – / the first winter rain." ~Matsuo Basho
- "Awakened at midnight / by the sound of the water jar / cracking from the ice." ~Matsuo Basho
- "Don't imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon." ~Matsuo Basho
- "Will you turn toward me? / I am lonely, too / this autumn evening." ~Matsuo Basho
- "Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count -- / Festival of the Souls." ~Matsuo Basho
- "Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?" ~Matsuo Basho
- "All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch." ~Matsuo Basho
- "Very exciting / yet after awhile so sad / cormorant fishing." ~Matsuo Basho
- "Bagworm's place / seems to be inside / the cherry blossoms." ~Matsuo Basho
- "Firefly viewing - / Drunken steersman, / Drunken boat." ~Matsuo Basho
- "The dragonfly / Can't quite land / On that blade of grass." ~Matsuo Basho
- "Dying cricket, / how he sings out / his life!" ~Matsuo Basho
- "Hello! Light the fire! / I'll bring inside / a lovely bright ball of snow." ~Matsuo Basho
nov 8 2008 ∞
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