Poets Access
Register now and publish your best poems or read and bookmark your favorite popular famous poems.
Login
Register
Contact Us
100 Best Poems
Poets Directory
Best Love Poems
Free Poetry
Quotes
Publish your Poems
Menu+
Home
100 Best Poems
Poets Directory
Best Love Poems
Free Poetry
Quotes
Publish your Poems
Home
»
World Poets
»
Matsuo Basho
Cold night: the wild duck
by Matsuo Basho
Cold night: the wild duck,
sick, falls from the sky
and sleeps awhile.
Share this Poem:
More Poems Published by this Author
The squid seller's call
Midfield
Bush warbler
Coolness of the melons
Teeth sensitive to the sand
Blowing stones
Staying at an inn
The morning glory also
When the winter chrysanthemums go
This old village
Last updated May 02, 2015
Quotes of the Day
Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.
•
David Byrne
Tags in World Poets
Kapardeli Eftichia
Friedrich von Schiller
Confucius
Sappho
Anna Akhmatova
Boris Pasternak
Rainer Maria Rilke
Constantine P Cavafy
Muhammad Shanazar
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wang Wei
Theocritus
Poets by Type
Romantic Poets
Harlem Renaissance Poets
18th Century Poets
Epic Poets
Modernist Poets
Lyric Poets
Beat Poets
Poet Laureate
Nobel Poets
17th Century Poets
Feminist Poets
Sufi Poets
Popular Topics
Inspirational
Free Verse
Life
Nature
Poetry
War
Peace
Identity
Loss
Loving
Home
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy