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)
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.