song of the katydid

song of the katydid–

even the field cow

a connoisseur

#haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, Old Pond Comic by Jessica Tremblay

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on the sleeping cow’s

on the sleeping cow’s

belly…

a pheasant cries

#haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, Old Pond Comic by Jessica Tremblay

just when the calf

just when the calf
has fallen asleep…
the reed thrush sings

#haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, Old Pond Comic by Jessica Tremblay

 

 

reed thrush

David G. Lanoue

reed thrush–

the cow doesn’t answer

his question

#haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, Old Pond Comic by Jessica Tremblay

The RoadRunner

The Haiku North America conference took place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from September 13-17 2017.  It was an amazing conference. I was the cartoonist-in-residence during the event and captured the conference in cartoons.

Before heading to HNA, I read a lot of Santa Fe and New Mexico. One of the subjects that fascinated me was the roadrunner.

The roadrunner is the official bird of New Mexico. It can run up to 20mph and sometimes eats rattlesnakes.

When I arrived in Albuquerque airport, I took a hotel shuttle to Santa Fe. A few minutes after we left the airport, someone pointed the side of the road and said: “Hey, a roadrunner!” I turned my head, but it was too late. I had missed it.

I made it my objective to see a roadrunner during my trip.  During excursions, I would scrutinize the side of the road, but it was not meant to be.

 

In Santa Fe, the only roadrunner I saw was the one on the RailRunner commuter train at the station.

I imagined Master Kawazu would hop on a real roadrunner to go to the conference. That would be a lot of fun.

So I didn’t see a roadrunner during my trip, but I did enjoy all the haiku talks at the conference.

View all HNA 2017 conference photos and comics.

Pigeons and sparrows

pigeons and sparrows

come! come!

I’ve got rice cakes

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

 

With eyes closed

With eyes closed–

a simple twittering

universe.

— Haiku by Sono Uchida, cartoon by Jessica Tremblay (Old pond comics)

Move aside

Move aside

butterflies and birds!

lotuses are blooming

— Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Tr. David G. Lanoue, ill. Old Pond Comics

Winter wind (haiku by Issa)

winter wind –

tens of thousands of birds

cursing!

 

– A haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics

Old Pond – Air Heron

Old Pond comic for 2011-01-10: Do you think Kawazu had a good flight?

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