all I saw of
the bird was the bouncing
branch he left
Author: Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694)
Basho (1644-1694) wrote and taught linked poetry to scores of disciples from Osaka and Kyoto north to the mountains of Dewa.
Spring departs.
Birds cry
Fishes’ eyes are filled with tears.
What luck!
The southern valley
Makes snow fragrant.
the stillness-
soaking into stones
a cicada’s cry
well! let’s go
snow-viewing till
we tumble!