KENJI'S POETRY ANTHOLOGY 2

BASHO: HAIKU
summer grasses
traces of dreams
of ancient warriors
(translation)

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EMILY DICKINSON: Because I could not stop for death
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –

Or rather – He passed us –...