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A bee by Matsuo Basho

 7/24/2008 6:07:51 AM
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Matsuo Basho Matsuo Basho
(1644 - 1694)
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A bee
 
  A bee
staggers out
of the peony.


Translated by Robert Hass

Matsuo Basho

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Stanton Hager (9/15/2006 11:27:00 AM)
I usually
STAGGER out
of a Basho poem
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