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Matsuo Basho - Winter solitude

Winter solitude--
in a world of one color
    the sound of wind.

Added: on June 2nd, 2005 at 11:09 PM | Viewed: 3985 times | Comments (1)


Winter solitude - Comments and Information

Poet: Matsuo Basho
Poem: Winter solitude
Volume: The Essential Haiku
Year: Published/Written in 1994

Comment 1 of 1, added on June 2nd, 2005 at 11:09 PM.

Winter Solitude ....... Is, I think, a comment on the sights and muted sound from a world of fresh snow, when noise takes on a hushed, muffled quality, also the plaintiff sigh of wind through leafless trees.

Billy from United Kingdom

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