sweat drops from cows
from horses…
blades of grass
#haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, Old Pond Comic by Jessica Tremblay
sweat drops from cows
from horses…
blades of grass
#haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, Old Pond Comic by Jessica Tremblay
Falling or failing. They both hurt.
Something makes a sound!
With no one near, a scarecrow
has fallen to the ground.
– Boncho (Haiku translated by Harold G. Henderson)
Published in Haidan (March 2016), Japan
to my open palms
snowflakes flitting
down
— #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)
crestfallen
by the scattering blossoms…
little butterfly
— Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Tr. David G. Lanoue, ill. Old Pond Comics
the butterfly’s
soft landing…
in the tea kettle!
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics