intended for children ages 7 and up.
an invitation.
psychic.
from the heart.
profoundly sad.
often cited.
about the war in Iraq.
about someone I met.
worth savoring over several readings.
often incorrectly quoted.
a sonnet.
terrific.
trite and prosaic.
quoted on many websites.
not well-written.
presented below in Japanese and in English for bilingual readers.
excessively Eurocentric.
about questions.
often attributed to Goethe.
so true for today's world.
like an advertising slogan.
made up of self-absorbed reflections.
"intellectual."
hidden.
from the poet’s personal collection.
great because it has great metaphors.
about life and death.
Germanic/Nordic.
for you.
intended to be poetic.
professional, from top to bottom.
written in iambic tetrameter.
fully protected by copyright & may not be reproduced in any form.
almost completely American.
a prayer.
self-explanatory.
about you.
not alone.
a genuine literary treasure of the Tang Dynasty.
my favorite.
romantic.
representative of Basho's mature style.
NOT written in English.
hard.
posted all over the Internet.
divided into two formally identical halves of eleven lines each.
open-ended.
(Source: Google)
