plum blossoms, moon
and the rump
of a cow
#haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, Old Pond Comic by Jessica Tremblay
plum blossoms, moon
and the rump
of a cow
#haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, Old Pond Comic by Jessica Tremblay
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
a calf’s face
stretches forward…
camellias
#haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, Old Pond Comic by Jessica Tremblay
on the sleeping cow’s
belly…
a pheasant cries
#haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, Old Pond Comic by Jessica Tremblay
reed thrush–
the cow doesn’t answer
his question
#haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, Old Pond Comic by Jessica Tremblay