Carpe Diem #1164 Onsen the hot springs of Japan
Carpe Diem #1163 geisha, the beauty of Japan
By Unknown Artist, Unknown School (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Carpe Diem #1162 Ueno Iga Province, birthplace of Basho
I’ve chosen some poems by Basho I though would represent the beauty and the different moods of the Ueno Iga Province. I think they show the beauty in simple things and not just the spectacular
a cuckoo cries
and through a thicket of bamboo
the late moon shines Matsuo Basho
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A field of cotton–
as if the moon
had flowered. Translated by Robert Hass Matsuo Basho
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A monk sips morning tea,
it’s quiet,
the chrysanthemum’s flowering. Translated by Robert Hass Matsuo Basho
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a strange flower
for birds and butterflies
the autumn sky Matsuo Basho
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All the day long-
yet not long enough for the skylark,
singing, singing. Matsuo Basho
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Chilling autumn rains
curtain Mount Fuji, then make it
more beautiful to see Matsuo Basho
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On the white poppy,
a butterfly’s torn wing
is a keepsake Matsuo Basho
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On this road
where nobody else travels
autumn nightfall Matsuo Basho
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The morning glories
bloom, securing the gate
in the old fence Matsuo Basho
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Carpe Diem #1161 Matsuyama City birth-place of Shiki
garden—she empties
a hot-water bottle
under the moon
fanning out its tail
in the spring breeze,
see—a peacock!
spring rain:
browsing under an umbrella
at the picture-book store
the bucket’s water
poured out and gone,
drop by drop
dew drips like pearls
from the autumn flowers
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I do not know the day
my pain will end yet
in the little garden
I had them plant
seeds of autumn flowers
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in memory of
the spring now passing
I drew
the long clusters of wisteria
that move like waves
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My poms for Matsuyama
My poems inspired by Shiki
Carpe Diem #1160 Kema, birth-place of Yosa Buson
Source: Yosa Buson: A Japan-China relationship that works | The Japan Times
poems by Yosa Buson
Nashi no hana tsuki no fumiyomu onna ari
The blossoming pear—
a woman reads a letter
in the moonlight.
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Before the white chrysanthemum
the scissors hesitate
a moment.
Translated by Robert Hass
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kusa kasumi mizu ni koe naki higure kana
Grass, mist rising
not a voice over the water
The day has ended.
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Carpe Diem #1158 Kashiwabara, birth-place of Kobayashi Issa
1810
むさい家との給ふやうな雛哉
musai ya to no tamau yôna hiina kana
looking like she’s enduring
my crappy house…
the doll Issa
1804
を踏こたへたりみそさざい
yama kaze wo fumi kotaetari misosazai
fighting the mountain wind
on foot…
a wren Issa
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Carpe Diem #1159 Matto, birthplace of Chiyo-Ni
Sample poems by Chiyo-Ni
Grazing
my fishing line —
the summer moon.
From the mind
of a single, long vine
one hundred opening lives.
Again the women
come to the fields
with unkempt hair
Carpe Diem #1157 Sakura, the national pride of Japan
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Carpe Diem #1156 Bonsai, the Japanese Tree-scaping Art
These pictures are some of my favorites from the arboretum near Sapphire Valley
Ada's Poetry Alcove (2) 