(1644 - 1694 / Iga Province / Japan)

poet Matsuo Basho
#72 on top 500 poets
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The dragonfly

The dragonfly
can't quite land
on that blade of grass.


Translated by Robert Hass

Submitted: Monday, January 13, 2003

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