Flies and Buddhas

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

it’s a good world! / one more, help yourself / flies on my rice – Haiku by Kobayashi Issa

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

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

Old Pond – NaHaiWriMo (Day 3)

 

Old Pond –  NaHaiWriMo (Day 3)