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'Deft hands that now pluck / seedlings, once you used to press / patterns from stones' by Kuniharu Shimizu. Haiku by Matsuo Basho. Translation by Donald Keene.


Donald Keene (Translation)
21 January 2010

Haiku by Matsuo Basho

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Poem Text or Excerpt:

Deft hands that now pluck
seedlings, once you used to press
patterns from stones

Creator:

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Translator:

Donald Keene

Publication Notes:

Haiku published in "The Narrow Road to Oku" by Matsuo Basho.

Editorial Notes:

Haiku by Matsuo Basho

Keywords:

deft, hands, now, pluck, seedlings, once, you, used, press, patterns, from, stones, work, activity, human, rural, rice planting, bird, water, change, transitions, Matsuo Basho, Narrow Road to Oku, digital art, color, haiku

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