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05/16/2026 · Roscommon

A Japanese Master Captures Spring in Seventeen Syllables

Matsuo Basho watched a frog jump into an old pond in 1686, and the ripples from that moment still reach us today. His haiku reminds us that poetry doesn't need grandeur to hold the whole world.

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