Part 3

OLD DARK SLEEPY POOL... QUICK UNEXPECTED FROG GOES PLOP! WATERSPLASH! BASHO MY SHADOWY PATH I'VE SWEPT ALL DAY AND NOW ... OH NO! CAMELLIA-SHOWER! YAHA HARD THE BEGGAR'S BED ... BUT SOCIABLE AND BUSY WITH INSECT-TALKING CHIYO-NI COME COME! COME OUT! FROM BOGS OLD FROGS COMMAND THE DARK AND LOOK ... THE STARS! KIKAKU p. 27 OVER THE MOUNTAIN BRIGHT THE FULL WHITE MOON NOW SMILES... ON THE FLOWER-THIEF ISSA STARTING TO CALL YOU: COME WATCH THESE BUTTERFLIES ... OH! I'M ALL ALONE TAIGI GOOD FRIEND GRASSHOPPER WILL YOU PLAY THE CARETAKER FOR MY LITTLE GRAVE? ISSA A LOST CHILD CRYING STUMBLING OVER THE DARK FIELDS ... CATCHING FIREFLIES RYUSUI p. 28 THE SNAKE DEPARTED BUT THE LITTLE EYES THAT GLARED... DEW, SHINING IN THE GRASS KYOSHI AH! BRAVE DRAGON-FLY ... TAKING FOR YOUR PERCH THIS SWATTER CONSECRATE TO DEATH KOHYO I RAISED MY KNIFE TO IT: THEN WALKED EMPTY-HANDED ON ... PROUD ROSE OF SHARON SAMPU GIDDY GRASSHOPPER TAKE CARE ... DO NOT LEAP AND CRUSH THESE PEARLS OF DEWDROP ISSA p. 29 DARTING DRAGON-FLY ... PULL OFF ITS SHINY WINGS AND LOOK... BRIGHT RED PEPPER-POD KIKAKU REPLY: BRIGHT RED PEPPER-POD ... IT NEEDS BUT SHINY WINGS AND LOOK... DARTING DRAGON-FLY! BASHO TINY SENTENCES BRUSHING SOFT ON MY SHUTTERS... BUSH-CLOVER VOICES SESSHI MIRROR-POND OF STARS ... SUDDENLY A SUMMER SHOWER DIMPLES THE WATER

DIMPLES THE WATER SORA p. 30 SADNESS AT TWILIGHT... VILLAIN! I HAVE LET MY HAND CUT THAT PEONY BUSON IN DIM DUSK AND SCENT A WITNESS NOW HALF HIDDEN... EVENFALL ORCHID BUSON NOW BE A GOOD BOY TAKE GOOD CARE OF OUR HOUSE ... CRICKET MY CHILD ISSA WAKE! THE SKY IS LIGHT! LET US TO THE ROAD AGAIN... COMPANION BUTTERFLY! BASHO p. 31 STILLNESS ... THEN THE BAT FLYING AMONG THE WILLOWS BLACK AGAINST GREEN SKY KIKAKU NOW MY LONELINESS FOLLOWING THE FIREWORKS... LOOK! A FALLING STAR! SHIKI STUPID HOT MELONS... ROLLING LIKE FAT IDIOTS OUT FROM LEAFY SHADE! KYORA FOR MORNING-GLORIES I CAN FORESEE GRAVE DANGER... SINGLE-STICK PRACTICE OHORA p. 32 CAN'T IT GET AWAY FROM THE STICKY PINE-BRANCHES ... CICADA SINGING? GIJOENS SILENT THE OLD TOWN... THE SCENT OF FLOWERS FLOATING... AND EVENING BELL BASHO VENDOR OF BRIGHT FANS CARRYING HIS PACK OF BREEZE... SUFFOCATING HEAT! SHIRI VOICES OF TWO BELLS THAT SPEAK FROM TWILIGHT TEMPLES... AH! COOL DIALOGUE BUSON p. 33 DEEP IN DARK FOREST A WOODCUTTER'S DULL AXE TALKING... AND A WOODCUTTER BUSON CAMELLIA-PETAL FELL IN SILENT DAWN ... SPILLING A WATER-JEWEL BASHO IN THE TWILIGHT RAIN THESE BRILLIANT-HUED HIBISCUS ... A LOVELY SUNSET BASHO FRIEND, THAT OPEN MOUTH REVEALS YOUR WHOLE INTERIOR... SILLY HOLLOW FROG! ANON. p. 34 BUTTERFLY ASLEEP FOLDED SOFT ON TEMPLE BELL... THEN BRONZE GONG RANG! BUSON GOOD EVENING BREEZE! CROOKED AND MEANDERING YOUR HOMEWARD JOURNEY

ISSA SEE THE MORNING BREEZE RUFFLING HIS SO SILKY HAIR... COOL CATERPILLAR BUSON OH LUCKY BEGGAR!... BRIGHT HEAVEN AND COOL EARTH YOUR SUMMER OUTFIT KIKAKU p. 35 THE TURNIP FARMER ROSE AND WITH A FRESH- PULLED TURNIP... POINTED TO MY ROAD ISSA FLOWER IN THE STREAM THUS TOO MY LOVELY LIFE MUST END, ANOTHER FLOWER... TO FALL AND FLOAT AWAY ONITSURA I AM GOING OUT ... BE GOOD AND PLAY TOGETHER MY CRICKET CHILDREN ISSA NOT A VOICE OR STIR ... DARKNESS LIES ON FIELDS AND STREETS SAD: THE MOON HAS SET IMOZENI