Masaoka Shiki

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Take your materials from what is around you - if you see a dandelion, write about that; if it's misty, write about the mist. The materials for poetry are all about you in profusion.
- Masaoka Shiki
Collection: Writing
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A pear tree is blooming, by a collapsed house, on an old battlefield.
- Masaoka Shiki
Collection: House
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The materials for poetry are all about you in profusion.
- Masaoka Shiki
Collection: Materials
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Having examined three thousand haiku poems - two persimmons.
- Masaoka Shiki
Collection: Food
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Always someone resting there - a lone rock in the summer field
- Masaoka Shiki
Collection: Summer