Pine Valley

Poems by Bashô

near the brushwood gate
furious tea leaves scribble
nothings on the storm


as for the hibiscus
by the roadside,
my horse ate it


the stillness—
soaking into stones
a cicada's cry


clouds' peaks
how many collapsing
moon's mountain


from Mount Atsumi
over to Fuku-ura
evening's cooling


red red
sun unrelentingly
autumn's wind


all night long
hearing autumn's winds
the mountain behind


harvest moon
Hokkuku weather
don't depend on it


in the face of blossoms
are you feeling shy,
hazy moon?


even so long a day
not enough for singing—
that skylark!


lightning:
heron's cry
stabs the darkness


mountain path—
sun rising
through plum scent


bushes by the roadside.
when you look closer,
blossoming flowers.


the moon still is
though it seems far from home
Suma in summer


on a bare branch
a crow has settled
autumn dusk


white chrysanthemum
catching in one's eye
nary a speck of dust


the village so old
there's not a single house
without a persimmon tree


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  Bashô | Hopkins | Chinese | Burns | Slavic | Igor | Sappho | Wolfe  

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