Describe plum-blossoms? Better than my verses...white…

Without the bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance to the whole world?

— Matsuo Basho

Moon, plum blossoms, this, that, and the day goes

— Kobayashi Issa

“I bought plum blossoms more for the name than for the color; I buy lipstick that way, too. In other words, if it sounds…

— Dorothea Grossman

“I must go there today - Tomorrow the plum blossoms Will scatter.”

— Ryōkan

Study the teachings of the pine tree, the bamboo, and the plum blossom. The pine is evergreen, firmly rooted, and venerable. The bamboo is…

— Morihei Ueshiba

“The depths of the hearts of humankind cannot be known. But in my birthplace, the plum blossoms smell the same as in the years…

— Clay MacCauley

“cards decorated with a colorful spray of plum blossoms in the background. Yasuda admired it for a moment before putting it into his shirt…

— Arthur Golden

“America, the plum blossoms are falling.”

— Anonymous

Although we have no actual written communications from the world of emptiness, we have some hints or suggestions about what is going on in…

— Shunryu Suzuki

bees dig the plum blossoms

— Charles Olson

She decides to make a list of the things that make her happy. She writes 'plum-blossom' at the top of a piece of paper.…

— Neil Gaiman

Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?

— Matsuo Basho

“Pink clouds of plum blossoms and their magnificent aroma languished in their wake, leaving a snow-drift of petals stuck to the windshield. They look…

— Pedro Lemebel

It struck me at some point that the things I wanted to say had to be wordless. I had to renounce words in order…

— Arca

I've had a wordless phase, and that's still not entirely over: what I sing is not always literally meant that way, and you can…

— Beth Gibbons