after seeing rice planting

after seeing rice planting

in remote provinces…

the geese depart

• haiku by Kobayashi Issa (translated by David G. Lanoue), cartoon by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)

Is it hard leaving behind

 

is it hard leaving behind

the rape flowers?

rice field geese

• haiku by Kobayashi Issa (translated by David G. Lanoue), cartoon by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)

 

Rape flowers:

Photo: Michael Palmer

three times ’round

three times ’round

the little shrine…

departing geese

– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, carton by Old Pond Comics

in Kyoto

 

in Kyoto

east, west, south, north…

summer kimonos

– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, cartoon by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)

my bellybutton

my bellybutton stores the sweat

— Haiku by Santoka, illustrated by Old Pond Comics.

 

This haiku-comic was published in Haidan (June 2016 issue), Japan.