Posts tagged ‘Edo’

“When the winter chrysanthemums go, / there’s nothing to write about / but radishes” —Matsuo Bashō

Haiku brush
Painting old Edo
Tokyo

“The dragonfly
can’t quite land
on that blade of grass”
―Matsuo Bashō

The Gweilo
In a red-eye rush
Brushes up

“Wrapping the rice cakes,
with one hand
she fingers back her hair”
―Matsuo Bashō

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