The morning sun
Radiantly
Rises above the frosty woods.
-Ilida Darotsu
In the twilight gloom
Of the redwood and the pine
Some wisterias bloom.
-Shihota
Red dragonflies
Flowing like a ripple
Toward the crimson sky.
-Miura Yuzuru
A whale!
Down it goes, and more and more
up goes its tail!
Buson, Yosa. (1716-84)
No sky
no earth – but still
snowflakes fall
Hashin
An old silent pond…
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.
by Basho (1644-1694)
Over the wintry
forest, winds howl in rage
with no leaves to blow.
by Soseki (1275-1351)
The Curious Autodidact 
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