"In our house
The fireflies make good companions
For the mice."
- Kobayashi Issa



"The snail
Goes to sleep and wakes up
Just as he is".
- Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)





Sunlight streams on the river stones.
From high above, the river steadily plunges--

three thousand feet of sparkling water--
the Milky Way pouring down from heaven."

- Waterfall at Lu-shan by Li Po


"Where crowns a purple haze
Ashimmer in sunlight rays
The hill called Incense-Burner Peak, from far
To see, hung o'er the torrent's wall,
That waterfall
Vault sheer three thousand feet, you'd say
The Milky Way
Was tumbling from the high heavens, star on star." 

- Gazing at the Cascade on Lu Mountain by Li Po Li Po (701-762)