Haikus by Basho

Feel the nature

@Seema

Matsuo Bashō was one of the most famous haiku poets of Japan. His nature haiku are so peaceful. So, let me share some of his best works.

1.

An old silent pond…
A frog jumps into the pond —
Splash! Silence again.

2.

On a withered branch
A crow has alighted —
Nightfall in autumn.

3.

The moon is far
from home, yet it lights
the traveler’s path.

4.

The sea darkens
And a wild duck’s call
Is faintly white.

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5.

A cicada’s cry
Penetrates the rocks —
Silence deepens.

6.

Winter solitude —
In a world of one color
The sound of wind.

7.

Clouds drifting away,
A hawk soars motionless
In the empty sky.

8.

First winter rain —
Even the monkey
Seems to want a raincoat.

9.

Now the departing spring —
With regret, the birds cry out,
And in the eyes of fish, tears.