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Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: Here is a greedy man who keeps to

Here is a greedy man who keeps to himself
The beautiful pears ripe in his garden. — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Basho Matsuo: Mountain-rose petalsFalling, falling, falling now...Waterfall music

Mountain-rose petals
Falling, falling, falling now...
Waterfall music — Basho Matsuo

Basho Haiku Quotes By Basho Matsuo: on this mountain sorrow...tell me about it digger

on this mountain
sorrow...tell me about it
digger of wild yams — Basho Matsuo

Basho Haiku Quotes By Basho Matsuo: Don't touch my plumtree!Said my friend and saying

Don't touch my plumtree!
Said my friend and saying so...
Broke the branch for me — Basho Matsuo

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: He who creates three to five haiku poems

He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master. — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Basho Matsuo: dozing on horsebacksmoke form the tea-firesdrifts to the

dozing on horseback
smoke form the tea-fires
drifts to the moon — Basho Matsuo

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: I'm touchedby this chrysanthemumit weathered the typhoon

I'm touched
by this chrysanthemum
it weathered the typhoon — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: Sick while travelingdream of a withered fieldwandering around

Sick while traveling
dream of a withered field
wandering around — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: It is only a barbarous mind that sees

It is only a barbarous mind that sees other than the flower, merely an animal mind that dreams of other than the moon. — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: Awakened at midnightby the sound of the water

Awakened at midnight
by the sound of the water jar
cracking from the ice — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: If I had the knackI'd sing likeCherry flakes

If I had the knack
I'd sing like
Cherry flakes falling — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: A bush-warbler,Coming to the verandah-edge,Left its droppingsOn the

A bush-warbler,
Coming to the verandah-edge,
Left its droppings
On the rice-cakes. — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: On a bare branch a crow is perched

On a bare branch a crow is perched - autumn evening — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Basho Matsuo: Moon woke me upnine times - still just

Moon woke me up
nine times
- still just 4 a.m. — Basho Matsuo

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: Summer grasses,All that remainsOf soldiers' dreams

Summer grasses,
All that remains
Of soldiers' dreams — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Basho Matsuo: Amorous cat, alasYou too must yowl with your

Amorous cat, alas
You too must yowl with your love...
or even worse, without! — Basho Matsuo

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: Ah, it is spring,Great spring it is now,Great,

Ah, it is spring,
Great spring it is now,
Great, great spring -
Ah, Great - — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: If you're an oakyou don't pretendyou are a

If you're an oak
you don't pretend
you are a flower — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: The temple bell stopsBut the sound keeps comingout

The temple bell stops
But the sound keeps coming
out of the flowers — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: This autumn-why am I growing old?bird disappearing among

This autumn-
why am I growing old?
bird disappearing among clouds. — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: The River Mogami has drownedFar and deepBeneath its

The River Mogami has drowned
Far and deep
Beneath its surging waves
The flaming sun of summer — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: April's air stirs in Willow-leaves ... a butterflyFloats

April's air stirs in
Willow-leaves ... a butterfly
Floats and balances — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Basho Matsuo: Many solemn nights Blond moon, we stand and

Many solemn nights
Blond moon, we stand and marvel...
Sleeping our noons away — Basho Matsuo

Basho Haiku Quotes By Basho Matsuo: Old pond - frogs jumped in - sound

Old pond - frogs jumped in - sound of water — Basho Matsuo

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: Pausing between cloudsthe moon restsin the eyes of

Pausing between clouds
the moon rests
in the eyes of its beholders — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: Everyone in this househas gray hair, walks with

Everyone in this house
has gray hair, walks with a cane,
visits the graveyard — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: Why so scrawny, cat?Starving for fat fish or

Why so scrawny, cat?
Starving for fat fish or mice ...
Or backyard love? — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent

The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent of its subject is good. Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent, we never tire of. — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Matsuo Basho: Lightningdoesn't leave you enlightened - good to know

Lightning
doesn't leave you enlightened
- good to know that — Matsuo Basho

Basho Haiku Quotes By Basho Matsuo: All Heaven and EarthFlowered white obliterate...Snow...unceasing snow

All Heaven and Earth
Flowered white obliterate...
Snow...unceasing snow — Basho Matsuo