Basho Poems - Poems about Basho

...Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a celebrated Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo. Because morning glories held my well-bucket hostage......Read the rest...

...Am I really this old, so many ghosts beckoning? —Michael R. Burch Sleepyheads! I recite my haiku to the inattentive lilies. —Michael R. Burch Stillness: the sound of petals drifting dow......Read the rest...

...These are original haiku by Michael R. Burch and his translations of haiku by the Japanese masters Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Masaoka Shiki, and others. Am I really this old, so many ghosts beck......Read the rest...

...Matsuo Basho My brother, it’d snowed so much That the Sun had died. Poems are vital For a better Society Du Fu is happy. Su Shi is proud too Yes, Poetry is important For the Universe. ......Read the rest...

...ZEN DEATH HAIKU XI These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. Above the garden the camellia tree blossoms whitely... —Uejima Onitsura, loose translation by Michae......Read the rest...

...ZEN DEATH HAIKU X These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. Forbearing the night with its growing brilliance: the summer moon. —Tsukioka Yooshi (1839-1892) , lo......Read the rest...

...ZEN DEATH HAIKU VII These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. Stricken ill on a journey, in dreams I go wandering withered moors. —Matsuo Basho, loose translati......Read the rest...

...ZEN DEATH HAIKU VI These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. Both victor and vanquished are dewdrops: flashes of light briefly illuminating the void. —Ouchi Yoaka......Read the rest...

...ZEN DEATH HAIKU V These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. A cat in heat can't catch a mouse? — pathetic! —Kinpu, loose translation by Michael R. Burch It's......Read the rest...

...Are you the butterfly while in my dreams I flit after Soshi? —Basho, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch It's not at all anxious to bloom, the plum tree at my gate. —Kobayash......Read the rest...

...These are my modern English translations of haiku about plum blossoms, plums and plum trees. Picking autumn plums my wrinkled hands once again grow fragrant —Yosa Buson, loose translation/inte......Read the rest...

...Haiku Translations I As the monks sip their morning tea, chrysanthemums quietly blossom. —Matsuo Basho, loose translation by Michael R. Burch The fragrance of plum blossoms on a foggy path: ......Read the rest...

...Mr. Matsuo Basho danced his words with delight making better poets of us all. Here I sit pen and paper in my hand M......Read the rest...

...few chomps from his words unfold all hues in cloudburst real photographer Jan 29,2022 1.56pm......Read the rest...

...Seed of Love seed of love sprouted. root of pain pierced heart. stem of passion up. 01/14/ 22 Haiku Contest inspired by Basho only ......Read the rest...