On this road

On this road
where nobody else travels
autumn nightfall

poem by Matsuo Basho
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this path
no-one travels it anymore
except the twilight

haiku by Matsuo Basho
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A Strange Flower

a strange flower
for birds and butterflies
the autumn sky

poem by Matsuo Basho
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Waking in the night;
the lamp is low,
the oil freezing.

haiku by Matsuo Basho
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The shallows

The shallows –
a crane’s thighs splashed
in cool waves

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The Winter Leeks

The winter leeks
Have been washed white --
How cold it is!

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The winter storm

The winter storm
Hid in the bamboo grove
And quieted away.

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Year’s end,

Year’s end, all
corners of this
floating world, swept.

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Ill on a journey;
my dreams wander
over a withered moor.

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The first snow

The first snow
the leaves of the daffodil
bending together

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