spring at my gate–
the first New Year’s greeting
from sparrows
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Tr. David G. Lanoue, ill. Old Pond Comics
spring at my gate–
the first New Year’s greeting
from sparrows
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Tr. David G. Lanoue, ill. Old Pond Comics
five or six trembling
rice plants…
my insect cage
– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)
crabs jamming themselves
in the cattails…
autumn night
– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)
with high spirits
the kite ascends…
green rice field
– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)
honking geese–
I picture skies
over inns
– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)
even poorly planted
rice plants
slowly, slowly… green!
– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)
billowing clouds
rise over the field…
eating rice balls
– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)
O clams
meet the geese and gulls
of Greater Kamakura!
– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)
up to today
such perseverance and strenght!
returning geese
– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)
evening moon–
the fantastically great
rice blossoms!
– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)