Keep Calm and Haiku

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A cloud of cherry blossoms
The temple bell
Is it Ueno, is it Asakusa?

How many, many things
They call to mind
These cherry blossoms!

Very brief-
Gleam of blossoms in the treetops
On a moonlit night

A lovely spring night
Suddenly vanished while we
Viewed cherry blossoms.

- Matsuo Basho


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