Basho Poems - Poems about Basho

If I were to end it, pull the cord and douse the cabin lights for good, it would be here at the high bluff salt tang in my hair blowing free to the lighthouse the blue blue gem of the sea below this is what I want, if I should ever choose to go It does not mean I will just...

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Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo. Because morning glories held my well-bucket hostage I went begging for water! —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Chiyo-ni wrote the next poem in calligraphy on a portrait of Matsuo Basho. To listen, fine ... fine also not to echo, nightingale. —Chiyo-ni,...

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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 beckoning? —Michael R. Burch Sleepyheads! I recite my haiku to the inattentive lilies. —Michael R. Burch The sky tries to assume your eyes’ azure but can’t quite pull it off. —Michael R. Burch The...

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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. Copyright © December 2023, Hébert Logerie, all rights reserved. Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems. ...

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

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Sage meanders Sage observes Sage proclaims World's storm clouds unleashed Wise owls rescue and protect - New dawn awakens Healthy - maybe Global - maybe Forever - maybe WHO knows? Weather life, be happy, be content ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some clues to my Basho-style haiku 13 January 2022...

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World's storm clouds unleashed Wise owls rescue and protect - New dawn awakens ################ written 12 January 2022 HAIKU CONTEST inspired by BASHO only Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Damned I-Be...

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A morning spell freshly proposed comes quietly in yesterday's ambient air pushes out of the screen archaic puffs of stale what meanders out is the remnants of me before the crisis caught between hope and despair I take to daydreaming alone again in my...

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meditation beside the rippling stream a silent cricket ©1/9/2022...

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A haikuist was Matsuo Basho his masterwork,Kasen *you know He practiced this long poetic sequence a 36 stanza poem recited in length *https://www.jstor.org/stable/2718744...

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BEFORE AND AFTER pink plum and rose red the sky melts rich colors bliss between extremes Written on 1/8/2022 For: Basho Style Haiku Sponsor: Damned I-Be...

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this wind how it changes direction - my fickle mind - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Basho Inspired Haiku Contest © 8th January 2022...

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SAD newborn deer life is fragile it died 08/01/2022 HAIKU CONTEST inspired by BASHO Sponsored by: Damned I-Be...

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CONFINED round and round it goes looking for an entrance goldfish STUD mare on heat retired racehorse not interested JANUARY a new beginning as cold as it can be thick sweaters SHOCK positive scarlet negative chocolate electrocution LIFE troubled living in sickness not in health worse disease worsened cure...

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The most discussed Basho haiku How would you translate it? Furuike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto - Basho Literal Translation Fu-ru (old) i-ke (pond) ya, ka-wa-zu (frog) to-bi-ko-mu (jumping into) mi-zu (water) no o-to (sound) my two cents old pond leaping frog splash! (alternatively ripples*) *perhaps better from an imagist viewpoint! Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2019...

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