after seeing rice planting
in remote provinces…
the geese depart
is it hard leaving behind
the rape flowers?
rice field geese
Rape flowers:
Photo: Michael Palmer
three times ’round
the little shrine…
departing geese
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, carton by Old Pond Comics
in Kyoto
east, west, south, north…
summer kimonos
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, cartoon by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)
my bellybutton stores the sweat
— Haiku by Santoka, illustrated by Old Pond Comics.
This haiku-comic was published in Haidan (June 2016 issue), Japan.
