a hundred gourds

Chiyo-ni was a rare woman haiku poet in the 1700's, a time where haiku were dominated by men. She was twenty-four when she composed her famous gourd haiku:

a hundred gourds
from the heart
of the vine

She became a nun at age fifty-two. Her status as a nun allowed her to travel and meet with other haiku poets. Death poem:

I also saw the moon
as for this world -
ah - goodbye