Matsuo Basho

"Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice... Or backyard love?"

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Source: Matsuo Basho (2003). “A Zen Wave: Basho's Haiku and Zen”, p.4, Counterpoint Press

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Matsuo Basho

Matsuo Basho

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Matsuo Basho was a 17th-century Japanese poet known for his haiku, which deeply explore nature and the human experience.

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