Masaoka Shiki quotes
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“Always someone resting there - a lone rock in the summer field”
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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.”
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“The materials for poetry are all about you in profusion.”
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“A pear tree is blooming, by a collapsed house, on an old battlefield.”
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“Having examined three thousand haiku poems - two persimmons.”
-- Masaoka Shiki
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“In summer the empire of insects spreads.”
Source : "In Valleys" by Adam Zagajewski, www.newyorker.com. May 2, 2011.
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“When people went on vacation, they shed their home skins, thought they could be a new person.”
Source : Aimee Friedman (2009). “Sea Change”, p.107, Scholastic Inc.
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“If you don't have sex and you don't do drugs, your rock 'n' roll better be awfully good.”
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