Matsuo Basho Poems

First snow
falling
on the half-finished bridge.
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Coolness of the melons
flecked with mud
in the morning dew.
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Bush warbler:
shits on the rice cakes
on the porch rail.
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a strange flower
for birds and butterflies
the autumn sky
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a cuckoo cries
and through a thicket of bamboo
the late moon shines
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A cold rain starting
And no hat --
So?
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Blowing stones
along the road on Mount Asama,
the autumn wind.
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Cold night: the wild duck,
sick, falls from the sky
and sleeps awhile.
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you make the fire
and I’ll show you something wonderful:
a big ball of snow!
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What fish feel,
birds feel, I don't know--
the year ending.
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