Bashō Fishing

In torrential rains
Bashō stands in his boat
fishing for hokku.





~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
reformatted from original twitter for twitterku

Basho and the Fireworks

Bashō watches
fireworks over the city:
not cherry blossoms!





~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
reformatted from original twitter for twitterku

Basho Tweets: Matsushima now

Dreaming, Bashō
wakes in Matsushima now:
still Matsushima!






~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
reformatted from original twitter for twitterku

Basho Tweets: No Hokku

Bashō stopped short,
turning to Sora and sighed
“no hokku when Zen.”





~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)
reformatted from original twitter for twitterku