matsuo basho

Basho – Slender, so slender

Posted on February 2, 2016 Updated on February 2, 2016

2405784305_2c7c00ebff_z — Photo by flickr user Arnoud Boekhoorn. All rights revert to originator.

Slender, so slender
its stalk bends under dew —
little yellow flower.

-Matsuo Bashō, 17th c. Japan

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Matsuo Basho – Under My Tree-Roof

Posted on April 20, 2013 Updated on August 9, 2015

A statue of Matsuo Basho © Tony McNicol

under my tree-roof
slanting lines of April rain
separate to drops

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