Poetry Quote by Basho — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Summer grasses,”

“When composing a verse let there not be a hair's breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.”

“The beautiful thing”

“To wake the soul by tender strokes of art,”

“I have been here before,”

“I see what I want of Love... I see horses making the meadow dance, fifty guitars sighing, and a swarm of bees suckling the wild berries, and I close my eyes until I see our shadow behind this dispossessed place...”

“Morning, noon & bloody night,”

“And the most beautiful words ever spoken, I have not yet said to you.”