crunch! crunch!
a mountain rice field
mixed with snow
- haiku by Kobayashi Issa (translated by David G. Lanoue), cartoon by Jessica Tremblay (Old Pond Comics)
crunch! crunch!
a mountain rice field
mixed with snow
In the winter storm
The cat keeps on
Blinking its eyes
— Haiku by Yaso, translated by R.H. Blyth (from Haiku, ed. by Peter Washington), ill. Old Pond Comics
first snowfall –
one, two, three, four,
five, six people
– A haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics
a confusing mix
of rain and snow…
spring equinox
– A haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics
“My snow!” – when I think that,
it weighs almost nothing
on my umbrella-hat!
– Haiku by Kikaku, from An Introduction to Haiku by Harold G. Henderson.
Illustrated by Old Pond Comics.
it’s a load
on the cow’s head…
pile of snow
– A haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics
to my open palms
snowflakes flitting
down
– A haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics
winter wind –
tens of thousands of birds
cursing!
– A haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics
sitting room –
a crow drops
a snowball
– A haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, illustrated by Old Pond Comics