Plums

Matsuo Basho Poet

"Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?"

George William Russell Poet, Writer

"You cannot evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time."

Robert Frost Poet

"The rose is a rose, And was always a rose. But the theory now goes That the apple's a rose, And the pear is, and so's The plum, I suppose. The dear only knows What will next prove a rose. You, of course, are a rose - But were always a rose."

William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

"All furnished, all in arms; All plum'd like estridges that with the wind Bated like eagles having lately bathed; Glittering in golden coats like images; As full of spirit as the month of May And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer; Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls."