where there’s people
there’s flies
and Buddhas
— Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated as a haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics
Tag Archives: flies
it’s a good world! / one more, help yourself / flies on my rice – Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
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it’s a good world!
one more, help yourself
flies on my rice
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Tr. David G. Lanoue, ill. Old Pond Comics
swarming flies how do my wrinkled hands taste? – Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
swarming flies
how do my wrinkled hands
taste?
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (Tr. David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics)
A swarm of flies inside the house
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at my home (haiku by Issa)
at my home
the flies too, a year older…
seacoast
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated in haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics
the sliding door’s decorative pattern… fly shit – Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
I have to confess that I have once stopped to admire a fire cabinet when visiting an art gallery. (Old Pond Comics)
the sliding door’s
decorative pattern…
fly shit
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (tr. David G. Lanoue), haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics
Two flies
while I’m away
enjoy your lovemaking
hut’s flies
– A haiku by Kobayashi Issa,
translated by David G. Lanoue,
illustrated by Old Pond Comics
while I’m away (haiku by Issa)
Last week, Bee Jay asked me if I’ve ever illustrated the “fly lovemaking” haiku by Issa. No, I haven’t. But I love a challenge!
Thirty minutes after she asked me that question on the Virtual Haiku group on Facebook, I posted the following comic:
while I’m away
enjoy your lovemaking
hut’s flies
– A haiku by Kobayashi Issa,
translated by David G. Lanoue,
illustrated by Old Pond Comics