Insects

The Dragonfly

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The dragonfly
can’t quite land
on that blade of grass.

— Matsuo Basho (Translated by Robert Hass)

Spring rain
leaking through the roof
dripping from the wasps’ nest.

— Matsuo Basho (Translated by Robert Hass)

Winter garden,
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing.
— Matsuo Basho (Translated by Robert Hass)