matsuo basho – Live & Learn

Winter solitude – in a world of one color. The sound of wind.

February 20, 2021 by Live & Learn 20 Comments

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Post Title: “Winter Solitude” Haiku (translated by Robert Hass) by Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) from Make Believe Boutique. Thank you.
Photos: DK @ Daybreak. 6:30 to 7:02 am, February 20, 2021. 27° F, feels like 16° F. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT.

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Sunday Morning

May 2, 2020 by Live & Learn 48 Comments

First blossoms.

Seeing them extends my life seventy-five more years.

~Matsuo Bashō, “haiku 96”, from “Reading Basho with My Ten Year Old” in Paris Review, April 29, 2020

Notes:

Photo: DK on Run This morning. 6:11 am.
Matsuo Bashō, born 松尾金作, was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. He is recognized as the greatest master of haiku. He was born in 1644 and died in 1694

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