“The temple bell stops — but the sound keeps coming out of the flowers.”

— Matsuo Bashō · Calm quote

The temple bell stops — but the sound keeps coming out of the flowers. — Matsuo Bashō quote card
Poet · 1644 – 1694

Japan's most famous haiku master, whose travel journals and spare verses defined the form.

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