Here I am sittin’
on this stump. There’s a rabbit!
I bet he won’t jump.
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
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.
The comic where Basho meets a frog who refuses to jump in the pond is now available as a free e-book. Check it out and share it with your friends:
When Basho needs inspiration to finish his haiku, he asks a frog to jump in the pond. But the frog just won’t do it. Will Basho be able to finish his Old Pond poem before sundown? Depends on the frog.
This hilarious story, created during 24 Hour Comics Day in 2010, was revised and is now available in e-book format thanks to a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts.
