Masaoka Shiki Poems

blooming azaleas
in a hollow on a cliff
a Buddha stands
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a snail
luring rain clouds
with feeler tips
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the tree cut,
dawn breaks early
at my little window
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spring breeze
show off the castle
above the pine tree
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the moon is cool-
frogs' croaking
wells up
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in the coolness
of the empty sixth-month sky…
the cuckoo's cry.
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the bright moon
I wonder where the clouds
are flying off to
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A spring day
A long line of footprints
On the sandy beach.
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A willow;
and two or three cows
waiting for the boat.
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Buddha-death:
the moonflower's face,
the snake gourd's fart
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