Kobayashi Issa Poems

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Asked how old he was

by Kobayashi Issa

 Asked how old he was,
the boy in the new kimono
stretched out all five fingers....Read more of this...

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A bath when youre born

by Kobayashi Issa

 His death poem:

 A bath when you're born,
 a bath when you die,
 how stupid....Read more of this...

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What a strange thing

by Kobayashi Issa

 What a strange thing!
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms....Read more of this...

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In spring rain

by Kobayashi Issa

 In spring rain
a pretty girl
 yawning....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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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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Hey sparrow!

by Kobayashi Issa

 Hey, sparrow!
out of the way,
 Horse is coming....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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That wren

by Kobayashi Issa

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

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Having slept the cat gets up

by Kobayashi Issa

 Having slept, the cat gets up,
yawns, goes out
to make love....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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The pheasant cries

by Kobayashi Issa

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

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Windy fall

by Kobayashi Issa

 At my daughter's grave, thirty days
after her death:

 Windy fall--
 these are the scarlet flowers
 she liked to pick....Read more of this...

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Not very anxious

by Kobayashi Issa

 Not very anxious
to bloom,
my plum tree....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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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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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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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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Napping at midday

by Kobayashi Issa

 Napping at midday
I hear the song of rice planters
and feel ashamed of myself....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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These sea slugs

by Kobayashi Issa

 These sea slugs,
they just don't seem
Japanese....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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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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