Reading Basho on a Rainy Morning - a poor attempt at Haiku

 

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Reading Basho on a Rainy Morning

 

When I read Basho

I am properly chastened

For my ignorance

 

 

Basho: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho

Translated and edited by Andrew Fitzsimons

Oakland: University of California Press, 2022, 2024