plum blossoms, moon

plum blossoms, moon

and the rump

of a cow

#haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, Old Pond Comic by Jessica Tremblay

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NaHaiWriMo #17 moon

And yet, another moon haiku.

gradually the geese

gradually the geese

pass on…

rice field moon

— Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Tr. David G. Lanoue, ill. Old Pond Comics

evening moon

evening moon–

the fantastically great

rice blossoms!

– #Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)

The bright moon in raindrops

 

the bright moon in raindrops

from the eaves…

the geese depart

— Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Tr. David G. Lanoue, ill. Old Pond Comics

the spring moon

the spring moon

in a raindrop from the eaves…

falls again

– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Tr. David G. Lanoue, ill. Old Pond Comics

Autumn’s bright moon, However far I walked, still afar off In an unknown sky. – Chiyo-ni

 

Autumn’s bright moon,

However far I walked, still afar off

In an unknown sky.

– Chiyo-ni (Haiku, R.H. Blyth, Hokuseido Press, 1984, p. 934)

Haiku-Comic by Old Pond Comics

The thief / Left it behind,- / The moon at the window (Ryokan)

The thief

Left it behind,-

The moon at the window

— Ryokan (Source: Haiku, R.H.Blyth, Hokuseido Press, 1984, paperback, p. 940)

under my bottom / the stone warms up… / moonlit night – Haiku by Kobayashi Issa

 

under my bottom

the stone warms up…

moonlit night

– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (tr. David G. Lanoue),

 

haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics

the turtle and the moon / merge… / Sumida River – Haiku by Kobayashi Issa

 

the turtle and the moon

merge…

Sumida River

– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (tr. David G. Lanoue), haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics