Basho Quotes

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Matsuo Bashō
“If I had the knack
I'd sing like
Cherry flakes falling”
― Basho, On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho
tags: basho, haiku, song
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Matsuo Bashō
“静けさや
岩に染み入る
蝉の声

The deep Stillness
Seeping into the rocks
The voice of the Cicadas”
― Matsuo Bashō
tags: basho, haiku, haiku-quotes, matsuo, matsuo-basho
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Matsuo Bashō
“Year by year,
the monkey's mask
reveals the monkey.”
― Matsuo Bashō
tags: basho, haiku
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Matsuo Bashō
“Ah, it is spring,
Great spring it is now,
Great, great spring -
Ah, Great -”
― Matsuo Bashō
tags: basho, haiku, matsuo-basho, spring, springtime
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Matsuo Bashō
“Searching for the scent
of the early plum,
I found it by the eaves
Of a proud storehouse.”
― Matsuo Bashō, The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches
tags: basho, plum, scent, spring
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Matsuo Bashō
“Here is a greedy man who keeps to himself
The beautiful pears ripe in his garden.”
― Matsuo Bashō, The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches
tags: basho, garden, greed, haiku, matsuo-basho, pears, poetry
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Matsuo Bashō
“Had I crossed the pass
Supported by a stick,
I would have spared myself
The fall from the horse.”
― Matsuo Bashō, The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches
tags: basho, fall, horse, travel
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Christopher Moore
“My children are monsters, Kiro thought. And I am responsible. Perhaps if I had read them the haikus of Basho when they were little instead of that American manifesto of high-pressure sales, Green Eggs and Ham...”
― Christopher Moore, Coyote Blue
tags: american-culture, basho, capitalism, christopher-moore, green-eggs-and-ham, haiku
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Matsuo Bashō
“dozing on horseback
smoke form the tea-fires
drifts to the moon”
― Basho
tags: basho, haiku, haiku-quotes
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Matsuo Bashō
“A bush-warbler,
Coming to the verandah-edge,
Left its droppings
On the rice-cakes.”
― Matsuo Bashō, The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches
tags: basho, bird, birds, bush-warbler, droppings, funny, haiku, matsuo-basho, poetry, rice-cakes
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Matsuo Bashō
“Sick on a journey -
over parched fields
dreams wander on.”
― Matsuo Bashō, On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho
tags: basho, haiku
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“There was a mild wind in the air, and one or two petals of cherry blossom were falling gently to the ground. It was the kind of day you often have in late March—so perfect that you want it to last for ever.”
― Noboyuki Yuasa
tags: basho, matsuo-basho
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Matsuo Bashō
“Poor boy - leaves
moon-viewing
for rice-grinding.”
― Matsuo Bashō, On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho
tags: basho, haiku
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Matsuo Bashō
“Skylark sings all
day, and day
not long enough.”
― Matsuo Bashō, On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho
tags: basho, haiku
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Matsuo Bashō
“Year's end, all
corners of this
floating world, swept.”
― Matsuo Bashō, On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho
tags: basho, haiku
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Matsuo Bashō
“Dying cricket -
how full of
life, his song.”
― Matsuo Bashō, On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho
tags: basho, haiku
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Matsuo Bashō
“Loneliness -
caged cricket dangling
from the wall.”
― Matsuo Bashō
tags: basho, haiku
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Matsuo Bashō
“Even if you have three or four extra syllables, or even five or seven, you needn’t worry as long as it sounds right. But if even one syllable is stale in your mouth, give it all of your attention.”
― Matsuo Bashō, Narrow Road to the Interior / Hojoki
tags: basho, haiku, matsuo
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