POEM: MATSUO BASHO
by contemplativeinquiry
In imagination,
An old woman and I
Sat together in tears
Admiring the moon.
Matsuo Basho The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches London: Penguin Books, 1966. (Translated from the Japanese with an introduction by Noboyuki Yuasa.) The strongly Zen influenced Basho lived from 1644 – 1694 and is considered one of the greatest figures in Japanese literature.