Here is an example of several verses, taken from the middle of a kasen written by Basho's group (note the first three lines is called the hokku):
Riding
a three-year-old pony
in the early fall.
Rain falliing
every which way.
Dusk--
they're packed in
the hot spring bath of Suma.
In among them--
a wandering priest.
Pushing
the talk
in one direction only.
Started by chance,
their love gets serious.
"Eat something,"
the mother says,
"you'll get over him."
The sleeves of the moon-gazers
have grown wet with dew.
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Text translated by Robert Hass in The Essential Haiku, (c) 1994, Ecco Press.
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