A flash of lightning:
Into the gloom
Goes the heron's cry.

haiku by Matsuo Basho
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It has rained enough
to turn the stubble on the field
black.

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The winds of autumn
Blow: yet still green
The chestnut husks.

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The sea darkens;
the voices of the wild ducks
are faintly white.

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scent of plum blossoms
on the misty mountain path
a big rising sun

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From the blossoms of what tree
I don't know —
but this fragrance!

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The beginning of autumn:
Sea and emerald paddy
Both the same green.

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