Matsuo Basho's Poetry, by written

• A cicada shell

  A cicada shell;
  it sang itself

  2 lines, 7 comments
• Bush warbler

  Bush warbler:
  shits on the rice cakes

  5 lines, 3 comments
• Staying at an inn

  Staying at an inn
  where prostitutes are also sleeping—

  4 lines, 1 comment
• a cuckoo cries

  a cuckoo cries
  and through a thicket of bamboo

  2 lines
• Untitled

  The summer grasses
  All that remains

  2 lines
• Haiku

  scent of plum blossoms
  on the misty mountain path

  2 lines
• Matsushima

  O Matsushima!
  O Matsushima!

  2 lines
• None is travelling

  None is travelling
  Here along this way but I,

  34 lines
• Haiku

  Snowy morning--
  one crow

  2 lines
• As they begin to rise again

  As they begin to rise again
  Chrysanthemums faintly smell,

  2 lines
• A man infirm

  A man, infirm
  With age, slowly sucks

  2 lines
• husking rice

  husking rice
  a child squints up

  2 lines
• the warbler sings

  the warbler sings
  among new shoots of bamboo

  2 lines
• the whole family

  the whole family
  all with white hair and canes

  2 lines
• The clouds come and go

  The clouds come and go,
  providing a rest for all

  2 lines
• souls' festival

  souls' festival
  today also there is smoke

  2 lines
• Won't you come and see

  Won't you come and see
  loneliness? Just one leaf

  2 lines
• I like to wash

  I like to wash,
  the dust of this world

  2 lines
• On Buddha's deathday

  On Buddha's deathday,
  wrinkled tough old hands pray –

  2 lines
• Wrapping dumplings

  Wrapping dumplings in
  bamboo leaves, with one finger

  2 lines
• Morning and evening

  Morning and evening
  Someone waits at Matsushima!

  2 lines
• How wild the sea is

  How wild the sea is,
  and over Sado Island,

  2 lines
• The she cat

  The she cat -
  Grown thin

  2 lines
• A wild sea

  A wild sea-
  In the distance over Sado

  2 lines
• Passing through the world

  Passing through the world
  Indeed this is just

  2 lines
• Scarecrow in the hillock

  Scarecrow in the hillock
  Paddy field --

  2 lines
• A weathered skeleton

  A weathered skeleton
  in windy fields of memory,

  2 lines
• shaking the grave

  shaking the grave
  my weeping voice

  2 lines
• The banana tree

  The banana tree
  blown by winds pours raindrops

  2 lines
• under my tree-roof

  under my tree-roof
  slanting lines of april rain

  2 lines

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