What did Matsuo Basho mean by: Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing. Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan Copy
+ The moon is brighter since the barn burned. Author, July 6, 2023January 2, 2025, Matsuo Basho, Change, Loss, Perception, 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
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
O cricket from your cherry cry No one would ever guess How quickly you must die. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Matsuo Basho, fragility, Nature, Time, 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
A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Matsuo Basho, Loss, Nature, Persistence, 0 Matsuo Basho Poet · Japan
Learn about a pine tree from a pine tree, and about a bamboo plant from a bamboo plant. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Matsuo Basho, Nature, Observation, Understanding, 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
Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I just love the world around me and wanted my audience to love and appreciate it too. Jean Craighead George