Masaoka Shiki Poems

For love and for hate
I swat a fly and offer it
to an ant.
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green in the field
was pounded into
rice cake
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loneliness
after the fireworks
stars' shooting
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The summer river:
although there is a bridge, my horse
goes through the water.
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A stray cat
excreting
in the winter garden.
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Winter moonlight;
The shadow of the stone pagoda,
The shadow of the pine-tree.
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spring breeze
show off the castle
above the pine tree
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After killing
a spider, how lonely I feel
in the cold of night!
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a dog howling
sound of footsteps
longer nights
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a quart of phlegm-
even gourd water
couldn't mop it up
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