Famous Matsuo Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Matsuo poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous matsuo poems. These examples illustrate what a famous matsuo poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Matsuo Basho
The squid seller's call
mingles with the voice
of the cuckoo....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
First winter rain--
even the monkey
seems to want a raincoat....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
In the cicada's cry
No sign can foretell
How soon it must die. ...Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
Awake at night--
the sound of the water jar
cracking in the cold....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
Staying at an inn
where prostitutes are also sleeping--
bush clover and the moon....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
In the twilight rain
these brilliant-hued hibiscus . . .
A lovely sunset...Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
This old village--
not a single house
without persimmon trees....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
A bee
staggers out
of the peony....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
A snowy morning--
by myself,
chewing on dried salmon....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
Moonlight slanting
through the bamboo grove;
a cuckoo crying....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
How admirable!
to see lightning and not think
life is fleeting....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
A caterpillar,
this deep in fall--
still not a butterfly....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
Teeth sensitive to the sand
in salad greens--
I'm getting old....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
The oak tree:
not interested
in cherry blossoms....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
The dragonfly
can't quite land
on that blade of grass....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
A monk sips morning tea,
it's quiet,
the chrysanthemum's flowering....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
An old silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again. ...Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
Blowing stones
along the road on Mount Asama,
the autumn wind....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
First snow
falling
on the half-finished bridge....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
Bush warbler:
shits on the rice cakes
on the porch rail....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
From time to time
The clouds give rest
To the moon-beholders....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
Winter solitude--
in a world of one color
the sound of wind....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
What fish feel,
birds feel, I don't know--
the year ending....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
The morning glory also
turns out
not to be my friend....Read more of this...
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Matsuo Basho
Heat waves shimmering
one or two inches
above the dead grass....Read more of this...
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