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Tuesday 1 October 2013

cool air (two Haiku) - Kobayashi Issa

cool air--
digging up moss
on Mount Izuna

cool air--
even in my soup
Mount Fuji!

Kobayashi Issa (1763 - 1828) Japan
Translated by David G. Lanoue (2nd poem)
Source: Poetry Atlas (1st poem) (2nd poem)

2 comments:

  1. Interesting haiku.... keep-up the good work....May I share a Haiku for Victor Hugo in Youtube https://youtu.be/Z_7uYA-kx0w

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    1. Hi Stef, these haiku are of course by Kobayashi Issa a great proponent of the art. Thanks for your link to your Victor Hugo haiku.

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