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Basho Quotes

“Here is a greedy man who keeps to himself The beautiful pears ripe in his garden.”

Poetry Garden Greed Haiku Pears Matsuo Basho Basho

Book:The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

Source: The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

“A bush-warbler, Coming to the verandah-edge, Left its droppings On the rice-cakes.”

Funny Poetry Bird Birds Haiku Rice Cakes Matsuo Basho Basho Droppings Bush Warbler

Book:The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

Source: The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

“My children are monsters, Kiro thought. And I am responsible. Perhaps if I had read them the haikus of Basho when they were little instead of that American manifesto of high-pressure sales, Green Eggs and Ham...”

Capitalism American Culture Haiku Christopher Moore Green Eggs And Ham Basho

Book:Coyote Blue

Source: Coyote Blue