I’m a fan of the haiku. They are fun to write, and pretty much anything can be made to sound deep if you can be succinct and drop it in less than 17 syllables. This is a haiku I thought up a long time ago. I still like it enough to post it here for you, kind reader.
うるさい蚊
私を刺すな
かゆいから
And if your computer didn’t want to show you the nice Japanese above, here it is romanized.
urusai ka
watashi wo sasuna
kayui kara
OK, so it’s not Basho, but at least it could have taken place somewhere near a pond…