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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)
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2 comments:

  1. stenote22 September 2018 at 05:46

    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. Bruce-the-Sheep23 September 2018 at 16:02

      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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