Flower
Flower
under harvest sun - stranger
To bird, butterfly.
poem by Matsuo Basho
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On this road
On this road
where nobody else travels
autumn nightfall
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A Strange Flower
a strange flower
for birds and butterflies
the autumn sky
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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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The first snow
The first snow
the leaves of the daffodil
bending together
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Deep Into Autumn
Deep into autumn
and this caterpillar
still not a butterfly
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On the white poppy
On the white poppy,
a butterfly’s torn wing
is a keepsake
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