What did Matsuo Basho mean by: Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon. Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan Copy
Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Matsuo Basho, Adventure, Freedom, Restlessness, 0 Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ The basis of art is change in the universe. Author, July 10, 2023January 2, 2025, Matsuo Basho, Art, Change, Universe, 0 Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
Ballet in the air… Twin butterflies until, twice white They Meet, they mate Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Matsuo Basho, Beauty, Love, Nature, 0 Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white. Author, August 29, 2023January 2, 2025, Matsuo Basho, Beauty, Contrast, Nature, 0 Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Matsuo Basho, Beauty, Inequality, Resilience, 0 Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Matsuo Basho, Mortality, Nature, Reflection., 0 Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Matsuo Basho, Impermanence, Mortality, Poetry, 0 Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
+ Even in Kyoto/Hearing the cuckoo’s cry/I long for Kyoto Author, October 2, 2023January 2, 2025, Matsuo Basho, Longing, Nature., Nostalgia, 0 Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is the father. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
There are also times in life when a person has to rush off in pursuit of hopefulness. Jean Giono Writer · France
