autumn has come
loving a wife with stars
on buckskin
– Matsuo Bashō

Ill on my journey —
my dreams go wandering on
over withered fields
Matsuo Bashō, 1694 · English version by Ma, 5·7·5
Winter in Ma → ma-haiku.com/winter
such heavy quilts
snow in the far country
is surely visible
– Matsuo Bashō
childhood name
an old man I don’t know
with a circular cap
– Matsuo Bashō
do not think
that “you didn’t count”
festival of souls
– Matsuo Bashō
An ancient pond!
With a sound from the water
Of the frog as it plunges in.
Matsuo Bashō, 1686 · trans. W. G. Aston (1899)
Spring in Ma → ma-haiku.com/spring
this pine
sprouted in the age of the gods
now in autumn
– Matsuo Bashō
On a withered branch
A crow is sitting
This autumn eve.
Matsuo Bashō, c.1680 · trans. W. G. Aston (1899)
Autumn in Ma → ma-haiku.com/autumn
already autumn
even sprinkles of rain
in the moon’s shape
– Matsuo Bashō
Estos son mis nueve libros favoritos hoy:
LOS ANILLOS DE SATURNO, #Sebald
TEATRO, #Shakespeare
ENSAYOS, #Montaigne
PENTALOGÍA AUTOBIOGRÁFICA, #Bernhard
DON QUIJOTE, #Cervantes
ESPECIES DE ESPACIOS, #Perec
HAIKUS, #Basho
FABRICAR HISTORIAS, #Ware
CUENTOS, #Borges
buried in moss
the absent-minded ivy
a Buddhist prayer
– Matsuo Bashō
Dudando entre luna,🌙 o nieve.❄️
¿Nos ayudáis a decidir la portada para lo nuevo de Matsuo Bashō? 💜💙
childhood name
an old man I don’t know
with a circular cap
– Matsuo Bashō
frost withered
field flowers still in bloom
seem depressed
– Matsuo Bashō
reed plumes
I fear they might seize my head
at Rashōmon
– Matsuo Bashō
reed plumes
I fear they might seize my head
at Rashōmon
– Matsuo Bashō
childhood name
an old man I don’t know
with a circular cap
– Matsuo Bashō
tomorrow the rice dumpling
will be just dead reed leaves
with a dream
– Matsuo Bashō
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Lotus Flower
#flowersonFriday
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haiku
a pond of mud 
white lotus lifts its head
morning son reflects
—Matsuo Basho #haiku #basho #lotus
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Oil painting on wood panel by 🪷
Natalia Boyko