Basho Comes at Night
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I once asked Japanese haiku Master Poet, Matsuo Basho, while in a dream, by Lake Biwa, across the Inland Sea, there in Honshu Island, north of Shikoku, there, while on The Narrow Road to the Deep North, there by Fujisan, sacred mount of inspiration, to awake me from my haiku sleep. Since then, he comes persistently at night, reciting haiku wisdom, and I, in grateful penitence, reply: “Awake Me, O Matsuo Basho!”
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Written on December 08, 2021
Submitted by karlcfolkes on December 08, 2021
Modified on March 31, 2023
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| Scheme | ABA |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 65 |
| Words | 14 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
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