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Stopping to watch

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stopping to watch

the evening pines…

geese flying north

– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)

December 30, 2015 by oldpondcomics
Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters Tagged asking for directions, comic, flying, geese, haiku, Kobayashi Issa, lost, north, pine Leave a reply

Behind me

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behind me–

it’s become a night

of wild geese!

– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)

December 28, 2015 by oldpondcomics
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Rice dumpling in bamboo grass

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rice dumpling in bamboo grass–

skillfully the cat

unwraps it

– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)

December 25, 2015 by oldpondcomics
Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters Tagged bamboo, cat, comic, haiku, Kobayashi Issa, mouse, present, rice dumpling, surprise, treat, unwrapping Leave a reply

Pretending to watch

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pretending to watch

the harvest moon…

rice field-gazing

– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)

December 23, 2015 by oldpondcomics
Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters Tagged comic, full moon, goose, haiku, harvest moon, Kobayashi Issa, moon-viewing, rice field 1 Reply

Aware of the leeches

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aware of the leeches

they enter…

marshy rice field

– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)

December 21, 2015 by oldpondcomics
Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters Tagged cartoon, comic, goose, haiku, harvesting, Kobayashi Issa, leeches, precaution, rice field, warning Leave a reply

Geese at my gate

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geese at my gate

cry all you like…

no rice

– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)

December 18, 2015 by oldpondcomics
Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters Tagged comic, cry, gate, geese, haiku, hungry, koba, rice Leave a reply

The moon’s out

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the moon’ out!

in the gate’s rice field

polite geese

– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)

December 16, 2015 by oldpondcomics
Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters Tagged comic, gate, geese, haiku, Kobayashi Issa, polite, rice field Leave a reply

Departing geese

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departing geese

what are you

gabbing about?

– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)

December 14, 2015 by oldpondcomics
Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters Tagged airline, airplane, announcement, captain, departing, flight, goose, speakerphone, travelling Leave a reply

Your fly is open

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Table manners are important, even amongs frogs.

December 7, 2015 by oldpondcomics
Posted in Comics Tagged cutting, eating, fly, food, joke, open, plate, restaurant 1 Reply

Quitting time

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December 7, 2015 by oldpondcomics
Posted in Comics, Student Tagged apprentice, counting syllables, haiku, job, quitting, surprise Leave a reply

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