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It's surprisingly hard to read an eighty-page book composed simply of 253 three-line, seventeen-syllable poems. This is Basho's oeuvre, and it had a profound effect upon the world and all the Japanese poets who came after him.
A few favorites:
"From the heart
of the sweet peony,
a drunken bee."
"In my new robe
this morning---
someone else."
And, of course...
"Old pond,
leap-splash---
a frog." ...more
A few favorites:
"From the heart
of the sweet peony,
a drunken bee."
"In my new robe
this morning---
someone else."
And, of course...
"Old pond,
leap-splash---
a frog." ...more
Very soothing.
How pleasant –
just once not to see
Fuji through mist.
Dec 28, 2021
Keeley
marked it as to-read
May 15, 2025
Curlysue
marked it as to-read
