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Before the white chrysanthemum

A poem by Yosa Buson

Translated by
Robert Hass
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The Essential Haiku
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Portrait of Yosa Buson
Yosa Buson 1716–1784

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Before the white chrysanthemum the scissors hesitate a moment.

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  1. Don United States

    Buson haiku

    This is a haiku by Buson, translated by Robert Hass. It is not a poem by Wendell Berry.

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