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Matsuo Basho - First winter rain

First winter rain--
even the monkey
    seems to want a raincoat.

Added: on April 23rd, 2006 at 5:04 PM | Viewed: 3626 times | Comments (1)


First winter rain - Comments and Information

Poet: Matsuo Basho
Poem: First winter rain
Volume: The Essential Haiku
Year: Published/Written in 1994

Comment 1 of 1, added on April 23rd, 2006 at 5:04 PM.

Talks about how even if you're good, you'll lose eventually.

Ranma Saotome from Japan

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