What did Matsuo Basho mean by: For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice. - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan Copy
+ Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die Feraz Zeid, September 27, 2023December 26, 2023, Matsuo Basho, Cry, Die, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Matsuo Basho, Path, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Matsuo Basho, Autumn, Shells, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Matsuo Basho, Children, Moon, Poverty, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Matsuo Basho, Dream, Soldier, Summer, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ Old pond, leap-splash – a frog. Feraz Zeid, June 1, 2023January 10, 2024, Matsuo Basho, Frogs, Leap, Ponds, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ Along my journey / through this transitory world, / new year’s housecleaning. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Matsuo Basho, Journey, New year, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock. Feraz Zeid, October 6, 2023December 26, 2023, Matsuo Basho, Nature, Rocks, Sound, 0 - Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes. - Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization. - Lincoln Steffens Journalist · USA
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life. - Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon. - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
