Poetry
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Pussy-cat Mew by L. Frank Baum
Pussy Cat Mew introPussy-cat, Pussy-cat, where do you go?To London, to visit the palace, you know.Pussy-cat Mew, wily you come…
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America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates
Bates’ inspiration for writing America the Beautiful came near Pikes Peak, Colorado, when she was teaching at Colorado College in 1893: “One day…
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Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride by Katharine Lee Bates
Santa, must I tease in vain, Deer? Let me go and hold the reindeer,While you clamber down the chimneys. Don’t…
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An ancient pond… by Matsuo Basho
Translated by William George Aston and published in A History of Japanese Literature, Chapter IV (1899). An ancient pond… was…
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Clouds will separate us by Matsuo Basho
Translated by William George Aston and published in A History of Japanese Literature, Chapter IV (1899). Clouds will separate us…
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Frog Poem by Matsuo Basho
Matsuo Basho created an early form of haiku known as “haikai no renga,” which involves a group of poets taking…
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I come weary by Matsuo Basho
Translated by William George Aston and published in A History of Japanese Literature, Chapter IV (1899). I come weary was…
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On a whithered branch by Matsuo Basho
Translated by William George Aston and published in A History of Japanese Literature, Chapter IV (1899). On a whithered branch…
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Piping autumn wind by Matsuo Basho
Translated from Complete Basho Haiku in Japanese by Dmitri N. Smirnov in 2003. Piping autumn wind was written by Matsuo…
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Soon they have to die by Matsuo Basho
Translated from Complete Basho Haiku in Japanese by Dmitri N. Smirnov in 2006. Soon they have to die was written…
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