Masaoka Shiki Poems

winter camellia
I wish I could offer it
to the sooty Buddha
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the moon is cool—
frogs' croaking
wells up
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my fate,
a fortune tells
- autumn wind
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Namu Daishi

Ishite no tera ya

ine no hana.
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entangled with
the scattering cherry blossoms-
the wings of birds!
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clouds're running past
running after clouds
the Storm Day
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scatter layer
by layer, eight-layered
cherry blossoms!
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at the front gate
dropping their heads
lilies blooming
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A light
newly lit –
first winter drizzle
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A lightning flash:
between the forest trees
I have seen water.
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