Masaoka Shiki Professions : Poet Born : October 14, 1867 Died : September 19, 1902 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Masaoka Shiki Take your materials from what is around you - if you see a dandelion, write about that; if it's misty, write about the mist. The materials for poetry are all about you in profusion. Masaoka Shiki dandelions mist writing A pear tree is blooming, by a collapsed house, on an old battlefield. Masaoka Shiki blooming house tree Always someone resting there - a lone rock in the summer field Masaoka Shiki july rocks summer The materials for poetry are all about you in profusion. Masaoka Shiki materials Having examined three thousand haiku poems - two persimmons. Masaoka Shiki cooking food two Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
