> "Thought I, the fallen flowers..." by Arakida Moritake (1473–1549)
> "Of Miidera" by Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694)
Two Haiku Poets
Thought I, the fallen flowers...
Thought I, the fallen flowers
Are returning to their branch;
But lo! they were butterflies.
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Of Miidera
Of Miidera
The gate I would knock at—
The moon of to-day
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Written on 2020-08-10 at 00:00
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