Masaoka Shiki Poems

the pear blossoming-
after the battle this
ruined house
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the stars vanished
and then -
five-colored New Year's mist
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The storm
During half-day
Has broken the stem of mallow.
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The cannon rolls its rumble.
Leaf buds of a tree.
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The dead body
Of a trodden-on crab,
This autumn morning
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they didn't gather
gourd water
day before yesterday either
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The Great Buddha
sinking in its whiteness:
cherry blossom cloud
(1897)
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The luffa flowered.
I am a soul
Choked with phlegm.
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wisteria plumes
sweep the earth, and soon
the rains will fall
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With a bull on board,
the ferry boat,
through the winter rain.
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