Published in ricepaper magazine 20:2 (summer 2015)
a flea jumps
into the laughing Buddha’s
mouth
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa translated by David G. Lanoue, haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics
Published in ricepaper magazine 20:2 (summer 2015)
a flea jumps
into the laughing Buddha’s
mouth
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa translated by David G. Lanoue, haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics
autumn rain–
I send an unwilling flea
flying
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics
not a good jumper
but a cuter flea
than the rest
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay from Old Pond Comics.
how cute!
they sleep with me
— Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, cartoon by Jessica Tremblay
in a sake cup
a flea
swimming! swimming!
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (Translated by David G. Lanoue), haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics
for you fleas
the night must be long…
and lonely?
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (tr. David G. Lanoue)
haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics
if you jump flea
jump
on the lotus
– A haiku by Kobayashi Issa,
translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics