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It’s karaoke, baby!
praising Buddha
in a row in a rice field…
frogs
-– A haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics
the baby sparrow cheep! cheep! cheep! he cries – Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, cartoon by Old Pond Comics.
a katydid
in the scarecrow’s gut
singing
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (tr. David G. Lanoue), haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics
green insect
and brown insect…
a duet
– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (tr. David G. Lanoue), haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics.
Even with insects-
some can sing,
some can’t.
– haiku by Kobayashi Issa
From The Essential Haiku, Tr. Robert Hass, 1994
Haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics.