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When composing a verse let there not be a hair's breath separating your mind from what you write composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.
Matsuo Basho
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Matsuo Basho
Age: 50 †
Born: 1644
Born: January 1
Died: 1694
Died: November 28
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My body, now close to fifty years of age, has become an old tree that bears bitter peaches, a snail which has lost its shell, a bagworm separated from its bag it drifts with the winds and clouds that know no destination. Morning and night I have eaten traveler's fare, and have held out for alms a pilgrim's wallet.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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Ballet in the air... Twin butterflies until, twice white They Meet, they mate
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice... Or backyard love?
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Twilight whippoorwill... Whistle on, sweet deepener Of dark loneliness
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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