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p. 7 JAPANESE HAIKU IN THESE DARK WATERS DRAWN UP FROM MY FROZEN WELL ... GLITTERING OF SPRING RINGAI STANDING STILL AT DUSK LISTEN ... IN FAR DISTANCES THE SONG OF FROGLINGS! BUSON I DREAMED OF BATTLES AND WAS SLAIN... OH SAVAGE SAMURAI! INSATIABLE FLEAS! KIKAKU IN SILENT MID-NIGHT OUR OLD SCARECROW TOPPLES DOWN... WEIRD HOLLOW ECHO BON CHO p. 8 WOMEN PLANTING RICE... UGLY EVERY BIT ABOUT THEM... BUT THEIR ANCIENT SONG RAIZAN WILD GEESE WRITE A LINE FLAP-FLAPPING ACROSS THE SKY ... COMICAL DUTCH SCRIPT SOIN DEAD MY OLD FINE HOPES AND DRY MY DREAMING BUT STILL... IRIS, BLUE EACH SPRING SHUSHIRI IN THIS WINDY NEST OPEN YOUR HUNGRY MOUTH IN VAIN... ISSA, STEPCHILD BIRD ISSA p. 9 BALLET IN THE AIR ... TWIN BUTTERFLIES UNTIL, TWICE WHITE THEY MEET, THEY MATE BASHO ON THE DEATH OF HIS CHILD DEW EVAPORATES AND ALL OUR WORLD IS DEW ... SO DEAR, SO FRESH, SO FLEETING ISSA BLACK CLOUDBANK BROKEN SCATTERS IN THE NIGHT ... NOW SEE MOON-LIGHTED MOUNTAINS! BASHO SEEK ON HIGH BARE TRAILS SKY-REFLECTING VIOLETS... MOUNTAIN-TOP JEWELS BASHO p. 10 FOR A LOVELY BOWL LET US ARRANGE THESE FLOWERS... SINCE THERE IS NO RICE BASHO NOW THAT EYES OF HAWKS IN DUSKY NIGHT ARE DARKENED... CHIRPING OF THE QUAILS BASHO MY TWO PLUM TREES ARE SO GRACIOUS ... SEE, THEY FLOWER ONE NOW, ONE LATER BUSON ONE FALLEN FLOWER RETURNING TO THE BRANCH? ... OH NO!

BRANCH? ... OH NO! A WHITE BUTTERFLY MORITAKE p. 11 CLOUDBANK CURLING LOW? AH! THE MOUNTAIN YOSHINO ... CHERRY CUMULUS! RYOTA FIE! THIS FICKLE WORLD! THREE DAYS, NEGLECTED CHERRY-BRANCH ... AND YOU ARE BARE RYOTA HANGING THE LANTERN ON THAT FULL WHITE BLOOMING BOUGH... EXQUISITE YOUR CARE! SHIKI APRIL'S AIR STIRS IN WILLOW-LEAVES ... A BUTTERFLY FLOATS AND BALANCES BASHO p. 12 IN THE SEA-SURF EDGE MINGLING WITH BRIGHT SMALL SHELLS .. BUSH-CLOVER PETALS BASHO THE RIVER GATHERING MAY RAINS FROM COLD STREAMLETS FOR THE SEA ... MURMURING MOGAMI BASHO A GATE MADE ALL OF TWIGS WITH WOVEN GRASS FOR HINGES ... FOR A LOCK ... THIS SNAIL ISSA WIND-BLOWN, RAINED ON ... BENT BARLEY-GRASS YOU MAKE ME NARROW PATH INDEED JOSO p. 13 ARISE FROM SLEEP, OLD CAT, AND WITH GREAT YAWNS AND STRETCHINGS ... AMBLE OUT FOR LOVE ISSA WHITE CLOUD OF MIST ABOVE WHITE CHERRY-BLOSSOMS ... DAWN-SHINING MOUNTAINS BASHO HI! MY LITTLE HUT IS NEWLY-THATCHED I SEE... BLUE MORNING-GLORIES ISSA IN THE CITY FIELDS CONTEMPLATING CHERRY-TREES ... STRANGERS ARE LIKE FRIENDS ISSA p. 14 SEE, SEE, SEE! OH SEE! OH WHAT TO SAY? AH YOSHINO ... MOUNTAIN-ALL-ABLOOM! TEISHITSU GREEN SHADOW-DANCES ... SEE OUR YOUNG BANANA-TREE PATTERING THE SCREEN SHIKI DON'T TOUCH MY PLUMTREE! SAID MY FRIEND AND SAYING SO ... BROKE THE BRANCH FOR ME TAIGI TWILIGHT WHIPPOORWILL ... WHISTLE ON, SWEET DEEPENER OF DARK LONELINESS BASHO p. 15 RECITING SCRIPTURES...

STRANGE THE WONDROUS BLUE I FIND IN MORNING-GLORIES KYOROKU MANY SOLEMN NIGHTS BLOND MOON, WE STAND AND MARVEL... SLEEPING OUR NOONS AWAY TEITOKU MOUNTAIN-ROSE PETALS FALLING, FALLING, FALLING NOW ... WATERFALL MUSIC BASHO AMOROUS CAT, ALAS YOU TOO MUST YOWL WITH YOUR LOVE... OR EVEN WORSE, WITHOUT! YAHA