Kobayashi Issa Poems

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Writing shit about new snow

by Kobayashi Issa

 Writing **** about new snow
for the rich
is not art....Read more of this...

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A huge frog and I

by Kobayashi Issa

 A huge frog and I,
staring at each other,
neither of us moves....Read more of this...

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Dont worry spiders

by Kobayashi Issa

 Don't worry, spiders,
I keep house
casually....Read more of this...

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A cuckoo sings

by Kobayashi Issa

 A cuckoo sings
to me, to the mountain,
 to me, to the mountain....Read more of this...

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Summer night

by Kobayashi Issa

 Summer night--
even the stars
are whispering to each other....Read more of this...

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Dont know about the people

by Kobayashi Issa

 Approaching my village:

 Don't know about the people,
 but all the scarecrows
 are crooked....Read more of this...

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That pretty girl

by Kobayashi Issa

 That pretty girl--
munching and rustling
the wrapped-up rice cake....Read more of this...

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The snow is melting

by Kobayashi Issa

 The snow is melting
and the village is flooded
with children....Read more of this...

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Im going out

by Kobayashi Issa

 I'm going out,
flies, so relax,
make love....Read more of this...

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Children imitating cormorants

by Kobayashi Issa

 Children imitating cormorants
are even more wonderful
than cormorants....Read more of this...

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It once happened

by Kobayashi Issa

 It once happened
that a child was spared punishment
through earnest solicitation....Read more of this...

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The toad! It looks like

by Kobayashi Issa

 The toad! It looks like
it could belch
a cloud....Read more of this...

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The man pulling radishes

by Kobayashi Issa

 The man pulling radishes
pointed my way
with a radish....Read more of this...

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That wren

by Kobayashi Issa

 That wren--
looking here, looking there.
You lose something?...Read more of this...

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How much

by Kobayashi Issa

 How much
are you enjying yourself,
tiger moth?...Read more of this...

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New Years morning

by Kobayashi Issa

 New Year's morning:
the ducks on the pond
quack and quack....Read more of this...

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Under my house

by Kobayashi Issa

 Under my house
an inchworm
measuring the joists....Read more of this...

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With my father

by Kobayashi Issa

 With my father
I would watch dawn
over green fields....Read more of this...

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In these latter-day

by Kobayashi Issa

 In these latter-day,
Degenerate times,
 Cherry-blossoms everywhere!...Read more of this...

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This moth saw brightness

by Kobayashi Issa

 This moth saw brightness
in a woman's chamber--
burnt to a crisp....Read more of this...

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Even on the smallest islands

by Kobayashi Issa

 Even on the smallest islands,
they are tilling the fields,
skylarks singing....Read more of this...

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Last time I think

by Kobayashi Issa

 Last time, I think,
I'll brush the flies
from my father's face....Read more of this...

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The crow

by Kobayashi Issa

 The crow
walks along there
as if it were tilling the field....Read more of this...

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In the thickets shade

by Kobayashi Issa

 In the thicket's shade
a woman by herself
singing the rice-planting song....Read more of this...

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The pheasant cries

by Kobayashi Issa

 The pheasant cries
as if it just noticed
the mountain....Read more of this...

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