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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTo prepare for a presentation, I was looking for Japanese poems about cherry blossoms and found two lovely ones by Basho and Bason, two famous Japanese poets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this one by Buson, he is talking about Yoshino Mountain, pictured below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Drinking up the clouds Wind blows Petals falling Sakura, sakura Buson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Basho <\/a>is probably the best-known Japanese poet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A cloud of cherry blossoms; How many, many things Very brief \u2013 A lovely spring night Basho Matsuo<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The older I get, the more I agree that the cherry blossom is a fine symbol for life itself. It truly is a beautiful thing that buds, comes to manpai (full blossom) and then falls away in the wind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Another cherry blossom season is upon us in Japan – the most beautiful time of year when winter is finally gone and the pink flowers come out for just a brief period before falling. The Japanese see the cherry blossom as a symbol for life – beautiful and brief. To prepare for a presentation, I… Continue reading Poems about cherry blossoms<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magicmoments.briancullen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magicmoments.briancullen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magicmoments.briancullen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magicmoments.briancullen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magicmoments.briancullen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/magicmoments.briancullen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76,"href":"https:\/\/magicmoments.briancullen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magicmoments.briancullen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magicmoments.briancullen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magicmoments.briancullen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Mt.](\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/9uvqwr58loxx\/6O6GccdG4ogAu8mAQaGaGC\/e0e1834ba2522630e826d6426095faed\/pixta_13559302_M.jpg?h=600&q=70\")
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it spews out cherry blossoms \u2013
Yoshino Mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
they scatter and it dies
fallen petals<\/p>\n\n\n\n
unable to resist
the moonlight<\/p>\n\n\n\n
they fall in the dreams
of sleeping beauty<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The temple bell,\uff0d
Is it Ueno, is it Asakusa?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They call to mind
These cherry-blossoms!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gleam of blossoms in the treetops
On a moonlit night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
suddenly vanished while we
viewed cherry blossoms<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/envoy-blog-migration.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/1efbb5ee293e791c08ae56cc7a874c01\/tumblr_p6czkyZiHc1r5kbsvo2_1280.jpg\")
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