poem: awakened by Matsuo Basho

May 2013

awakened by Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694)

English version by Gabriel Rosenstock

awakened
as ice bursts
the water jar

Wow. So many images pop in your head. Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks. I subscribe to Poetry Chaikhana and first saw it there.

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I subscribed too. Need some inspiration. Quite liked the discussions of the poems too.

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