Part 2

THE LADEN WAGON RUNS BUMBLING AND CREAKING DOWN THE ROAD... THREE PEONIES TREMBLE BUSON AH ME! I AM ONE WHO SPENDS HIS LITTLE BREAKFAST MORNING-GLORY GAZING BASHO MY GOOD FATHER RAGED WHEN I SNAPPED THE PEONY... PRECIOUS MEMORY! TAIRO BY THAT FALLEN HOUSE THE PEAR-TREE STANDS FULL-BLOOMING ... AN ANCIENT BATTLE-SITE SHIKI p. 17 IN THE OPEN SHOP PAPERWEIGHTS ON PICTURE BOOKS... YOUNG SPRINGTIME BREEZE KITO DIM THE GREY COW COMES MOOING MOOING AND MOOING OUT OF THE MORNING MIST ISSA TAKE THE ROUND FLAT MOON SNAP THIS TWIG FOR HANDLE... WHAT A PRETTY FAN! SOKAN SEAS ARE WILD TONIGHT... STRETCHING OVER SADO ISLAND SILENT CLOUDS OF STARS BASHO p. 18 WHY SO SCRAWNY, CAT? STARVING FOR FAT FISH OR MICE ... OR BACKYARD LOVE? BASHO DEWDROP, LET ME CLEANSE IN YOUR BRIEF SWEET WATERS ... THESE DARK HANDS OF LIFE BASHO LIGHTNING FLASH, CRASH... WAITING IN THE BAMBOO GROVE SEE THREE DEW-DROPS FALL BUSON ASHES MY BURNT HUT ... BUT WONDERFUL THE CHERRY BLOOMING ON MY HILL HOKUSHI p. 19 LIFE? BUTTERFLY ON A SWAYING GRASS THAT'S ALL ... BUT EXQUISITE! SOIN GLORIOUS THE MOON... THEREFORE OUR THANKS DARK CLOUDS COME TO REST OUR NECKS BASHO WHAT A PEONY... DEMANDING TO BE MEASURED BY MY LITTLE FAN! ISSA UNDER CHERRY-TREES SOUP, THE SALAD, FISH AND ALL ... SEASONED WITH PETALS BASHO p. 20 NOW FROM CHERRY-TREES ... MILLIONS OF MAIDENS

MILLIONS OF MAIDENS FLYING FIERCE WAR-LORD STORM SADAIYE MOON SO BRIGHT FOR LOVE! COME CLOSER, QUILT... ENFOLD MY PASSIONATE COLD! SAMPU TOO CURIOUS FLOWER WATCHING US PASS, MET DEATH... OUR HUNGRY DONKEY BASHO CLOUD OF CHERRY-BLOOM ... TOLLING TWILIGHT BELL ... TEMPLE UENO? ASAKURA? BASHO p. 21 MUST SPRINGTIME FADE? THEN CRY ALL BIRDS ... AND FISHES' COLD PALE EYES POUR TEARS BASHO A NURSEMAID SCARECROW... FRIGHTENING THE WIND AND SUN FROM PLAYING BABY ISSA ON HER DEAD SON IN WHAT WINDY LAND WANDERS NOW MY LITTLE DEAR DRAGONFLY HUNTER? CHIYO-NI A SADDENING WORLD: FLOWERS WHOSE SWEET BLOOMS MUST FALL... AS WE TOO, ALAS... ISSA p. 22 DESCRIBE PLUM-BLOSSOMS? BETTER THAN MY VERSES ... WHITE WORDLESS BUTTERFLIES REIKAN LEND ME WATER PLEASE? SOME FRESH YOUNG MORNING-GLORY, CARELESS ... TOOK MY WELL CHIYO-NI A YOUNG SISTER PITIFUL ... ON MY OUTSTRETCHED PALM AT DUSK DIES THE LITTLE FIREFLY KYORAI YOU STUPID SCARECROW! UNDER YOUR VERY STICK-FEET BIRDS ARE STEALING BEANS! YAYU p. 23 AFTERNOON SHOWER... WALKING AND TALKING IN THE STREET: UMBRELLA AND RAINCOAT! BUSON IN THE FARTHER FIELD A SCARECROW KEPT ME COMPANY ... WALKING AS I WALKED SANIN PRETTY BUTTERFLIES... BE CAREFUL OF PINE-NEEDLE POINTS IN THIS GUSTY WIND! SHUSEN AH, UNREQUITED LOVE! NOW ELEVATE YOUR CHIN AND KEEN TOM-CAT, TO THE MOON! KYORAI p. 24 HI! KIDS MIMICKING CORMORANTS ... YOU ARE MORE LIKE REAL CORMORANTS THAN THEY!

ISSA BUZZING THE BEE TRADES PEONY FOR PEONY WITH THE BUTTERFLY TAIGI SUCH UTTER SILENCE! EVEN THE CRICKETS’ SINGING... MUFFLED BY HOT ROCKS BASHO FAR ACROSS LOW MIST INTERMITTENTLY THE LAKE LIFTS A SNOW-WHITE SAIL GAKOKU p. 25 A WHITE SWAN SWIMMING ... PARTING WITH HER UNMOVED BREAST CHERRY-PETALED POND ROKA FOR A COOL EVENING I HIRED THE OLD TEMPLE PORCH ... PENNY IN THE DISH SHIKI QUITE A HUNDRED GOURDS SPROUTING FROM THE FERTILE SOUL... OF A SINGLE VINE CHIYO-NI SWALLOW IN THE DUSK... SPARE MY LITTLE BUZZING FRIENDS AMONG THE FLOWERS BASHO