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Best Famous Yosa Buson Poems

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Harvest moon

 Harvest moon--
called at his house,
he was digging potatoes.


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Old well

 Old well,
a fish leaps--
 dark sound.
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Sparrow singing

 Sparrow singing--
its tiny mouth
 open.
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Variations on The short night

 Below are eleven Buson haiku
beginning with the phrase
'The short night--'


The short night--
on the hairy caterpillar
beads of dew.
The short night-- patrolmen washing in the river.
The short night-- bubbles of crab froth among the river reeds.
The short night-- a broom thrown away on the beach.
The short night-- the Oi River has sunk two feet.
The short night-- on the outskirts of the village a small shop opening.
The short night-- broken, in the shallows, a crescent moon.
The short night-- the peony has opened.
The short night-- waves beating in, an abandoned fire.
The short night-- near the pillow a screen turning silver.
The short night-- shallow footprints on the beach at Yui.
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com The short night- a watery moon stands alone over the hill Maggie The short night-- just as I'm falling asleep my wife's waking up Larry Bole
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Early summer rain

 Early summer rain--
houses facing the river,
 two of them


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Calligraphy of geese

 Calligraphy of geese
against the sky--
 the moon seals it.
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My arm for a pillow

 My arm for a pillow,
I really like myself
under the hazy moon.
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Evening wind

 Evening wind:
water laps
 the heron's legs.
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Blow of an ax

 Blow of an ax,
pine scent,
the winter woods.
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The spring sea rising

 The spring sea rising
and falling, rising
 and falling all day.

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