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Yoshida Ryusui

Yoshida Ryusui (1691-1758) is a famous haiku poet. Sadly, not much is known about his life.

Haiku by Ryusui

  • In all this cool
  • is the moon also sleeping?
  • There, in the pool?
  • A lost child crying
  • Stumbling over
  • The dark fields ...
  • Catching fireflies
  • Deepen, drop, and die
  • Many-hued
  • Chrysanthemums...
  • One black earth for all

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