Kobayashi Issa Poems

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A bath when youre born

 His death poem:

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


A cuckoo sings

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

All the time I pray to Buddha

 All the time I pray to Buddha
I keep on
killing mosquitoes....Read more of this...
by Issa, Kobayashi

Blossoms at night

 Blossoms at night,
and the faces of people
moved by music....Read more of this...
by Issa, Kobayashi

Children imitating cormorants

 Children imitating cormorants
are even more wonderful
than cormorants....Read more of this...
by Issa, Kobayashi


Dont worry spiders

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

Even on the smallest islands

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

Having slept the cat gets up

 Having slept, the cat gets up,
yawns, goes out
to make love....Read more of this...
by Issa, Kobayashi

Hey sparrow!

 Hey, sparrow!
out of the way,
 Horse is coming....Read more of this...
by Issa, Kobayashi

How much

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

Im going out

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

In spring rain

 In spring rain
a pretty girl
 yawning....Read more of this...
by Issa, Kobayashi

Last time I think

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

Napped half the day

 Napped half the day;
no one 
punished me!...Read more of this...
by Issa, Kobayashi

Napping at midday

 Napping at midday
I hear the song of rice planters
and feel ashamed of myself....Read more of this...
by Issa, Kobayashi

New Years morning

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

Not very anxious

 Not very anxious
to bloom,
my plum tree....Read more of this...
by Issa, Kobayashi

Summer night

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

That wren

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

Windy fall

 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...
by Issa, Kobayashi
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