Beauty

Four Haiku by Basho(1644-1694)

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Harvest moon:
around the pond I wander
and the night is gone.
Old pond
frog jumps in
the sound of water . . .

The first soft snow !
enough to bend the leaves
off the jonquil low
Winter solitude --
in a world of one color
the sound of wind.


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