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Matsuo Basho - Teeth sensitive to the sand

Teeth sensitive to the sand
in salad greens--
    I'm getting old.

Added: on March 2nd, 2006 at 11:14 AM | Viewed: 2281 times | Comments (1)


Teeth sensitive to the sand - Comments and Information

Poet: Matsuo Basho
Poem: Teeth sensitive to the sand
Volume: The Essential Haiku
Year: Published/Written in 1994
Poem of the Day on:
Jul 3 2003

Comment 1 of 1, added on March 2nd, 2006 at 11:14 AM.

This is a realization of one's own mortality by the bite of a salad. Deep.

Don from United States

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