a flea jumps

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

The Parasite

What’s wrong

autumn rain

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

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.

my hut’s fleas

my hut’s fleas

how cute!

they sleep with me

— Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, cartoon by Jessica Tremblay

in a sake cup

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

 

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

if you jump flea

jump

on the lotus

 

– A haiku by Kobayashi Issa,

translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics