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To help digest

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to help digest

the rice cakes, grafting

the tree

–haiku by Kobayashi Issa (translated by David G. Lanoue), cartoon by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)

 

 

August 24, 2016 by oldpondcomics
Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters Tagged cartoon, Cherry Blossoms, cherry tree, comic, digesting, grafting a tree, haiku, irony, jealousy, Kobayashi Issa, sparrow Leave a reply

pounding rice cakes

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pounding rice cakes

though there’s no child

to beg for them

  • haiku by Kobayashi Issa (translated by David G. Lanoue), cartoon by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)
August 15, 2016 by oldpondcomics
Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters Tagged bird, cartoon, child, comic, cooking, food, haiku, Kobayashi Issa, pounding rice cake, sharing a meal, sparrow, the more the merrier 1 Reply

Tree shade

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tree shade–

an old man pounds rice cakes

alone

— haiku by Kobayashi Issa (translated by David G. Lanoue), cartoon by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)

August 10, 2016 by oldpondcomics
Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters Tagged alone, cartoon, comic, food, haiku, Kobayashi Issa, loneliness, old man, pounding rice cakes, sadness, single man, sparrow Leave a reply

Pigeons and sparrows

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pigeons and sparrows

come! come!

I’ve got rice cakes

— haiku by Kobayashi Issa (translated by David G. Lanoue), cartoon by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)

 

August 8, 2016 by oldpondcomics
Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters Tagged birds, cartoon, comic, eating, food, haiku, Kobayashi Issa, pigeons, rice cake, sparrow 1 Reply

The baby sparrow

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the baby sparrow

chirps inside

the rice gourd

  • haiku by Kobayashi Issa translated by David G. Lanoue, cartoon by Old Pond Comics
July 20, 2016 by oldpondcomics
Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters Tagged baby, chirping, Kobayashi Issa, prisoner, rice gourd, sparrow Leave a reply

The last dance

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butterfly dances

’round the arrow

in a dying deer

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

October 5, 2015 by oldpondcomics
Posted in Comics Tagged butterfly, cartoon, comic, dance, death, deer, grief, sadness, sparrow 3 Replies

tea smoke

Posted on September 9, 2015 by oldpondcomics
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tea smoke–

into the butterfly’s face

it blows

– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics

Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters | Tagged butterfly, cartoon, comic, facial, haiku, Kobayashi Issa, smoke, sparrow, tea | Leave a reply

among the dewdrops

Posted on September 2, 2015 by oldpondcomics
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among the drewdrops

the butterfly’s mood

improves

– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics

Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters | Tagged alcohol, bar, butterfly, cartoon, comic, drewdrop, drinking, haiku, Kobayashi Issa, ordering, sparrow | Leave a reply

chirping for the rice

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chirping for the rice

on my cheek…

baby sparrow

– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated in haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics

June 5, 2015 by oldpondcomics
Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters Tagged baby, cartoon, cheek, chirping, haiku, Kobayashi Issa, rice, sparrow 2 Replies

Rejection

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baby sparrow–

even when peole come

opening his mouth

– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics.

May 25, 2015 by oldpondcomics
Posted in A year with Kobayashi Issa, Comics, Haiku, Masters Tagged cartoon, haiku, Kobayashi Issa, rejection, sparrow, writer Leave a reply

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