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Matsuo Basho - Fleas, lice

Fleas, lice,
a horse peeing
    near my pillow.

Added: on May 2nd, 2005 at 8:12 AM | Viewed: 2632 times | Comments (4)


Fleas, lice - Comments and Information

Poet: Matsuo Basho
Poem: Fleas, lice
Volume: The Essential Haiku
Year: Published/Written in 1994

Comment 4 of 4, added on April 23rd, 2006 at 11:12 AM.

I think this poem gets you to think how good your life is compared to a farmer's.

Ranma Saotome from Japan
Comment 3 of 4, added on January 18th, 2006 at 9:37 AM.

This is deeper than what most people will get, but I understand it.

Ash from United States
Comment 2 of 4, added on May 2nd, 2005 at 8:12 AM.

the parasites view the man as a meal to be dined on. The horse says to the man either lie in my urine or move.

The moral being, no matter how great you think you are, others may view things differently

Billy from United Kingdom

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