Best Famous Matsuo Basho Poems
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Don't imitate me
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.
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Stillness
Stillness--
the cicada's cry
drills into the rocks.
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A snowy morning
A snowy morning--
by myself,
chewing on dried salmon.
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First winter rain
First winter rain--
even the monkey
seems to want a raincoat.
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Taking a nap
Taking a nap,
feet planted
against a cool wall.
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A bee
A bee
staggers out
of the peony.
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What fish feel
What fish feel,
birds feel, I don't know--
the year ending.
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Moonlight slanting
Moonlight slanting
through the bamboo grove;
a cuckoo crying.
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Wrapping the rice cakes
Wrapping the rice cakes,
with one hand
she fingers back her hair.
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A field of cotton
A field of cotton--
as if the moon
had flowered.
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