Quotes by Bash Matsuo

22 quotes found

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haiku poetry travel life basho nature matsuo-basho silence autumn inner-self meditation nightfall peace hope spring change death defeat endings time weeping samurai wisdom composition creating japanese zen zen-monks beauty plum-blossoms

“Many solemn nights Blond moon, we stand and marvel...Sleeping our noons away”
— Bash Matsuo, Japanese Haiku
contemplation haiku moon

“If I had the knackI'd sing likeCherry flakes falling”
— Bash Matsuo
basho haiku song