Issa Poems

Issa Dissa Groova Gam?

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Issa Translations II

...These are English translations of Issa haiku about the seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter.

Autumn wind ...
She always wanted to pluck
the reddest roses
?Kobayashi Issa translation by Micha...

how long is the largest saltwater crocodile

...How long is the largest saltwater crocodile?
If you want to know, you can see her for yourself.
She lives in the Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary in Issa, India.
Would you like to guess?

Even af...

Zen Death Haiku Xii

...ZEN DEATH HAIKU XII

These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. 

Both victor and vanquished are dewdrops:
flashes of light
briefly illuminating the void.
—Ouchi Yoa...

Zen Death Haiku Xi

...ZEN DEATH HAIKU XI

These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. 

Above the garden
the camellia tree blossoms
whitely...
—Uejima Onitsura, loose translation by Michae...

Zen Death Haiku X

...ZEN DEATH HAIKU X

These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. 

Forbearing the night
with its growing brilliance: 
the summer moon.
—Tsukioka Yooshi (1839-1892) , lo...

Zen Death Haiku Ix

...ZEN DEATH HAIKU VIII

These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. 

Since I was born, 
I must die, 
and so …
—Kisei (1688-1764) , loose translation/interpretation of ...

Plum Blossom Haiku Ii

...Are you the butterfly
while in my dreams
I flit after Soshi?
—Basho, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

It's not at all anxious to bloom,
the plum tree at my gate.
—Kobayash...

Haiku Translations I

...Haiku Translations I

As the monks sip their morning tea,
chrysanthemums quietly blossom.
—Matsuo Basho, loose translation by Michael R. Burch

The fragrance of plum blossoms
on a foggy path:
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Transcendence

...*Image of Opening by Pixabay.

"Never forget: we walk in hell, gazing at flowers." by, Kobayashi Issa

Transcendence

Into the dawn, one yearns to be normal,
A delicate breath of p...

Clerihew Issa

...Kobayashi Issa a Japanese poet
perhaps the best..and yet
childlike& sometime zany
but always haiku crazy...

This World of Dew

...THIS WORLD OF DEW

This world? 
Moonlit dew
flicked from a crane's bill.
—Eihei Dogen Kigen, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Seventy-one?
How long
can a dewdrop last? 
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Zen Death Haiku Ii

...Today, catching sight of the mallards
crying over Lake Iware:
Must I too vanish into the clouds?
—Prince Otsu translation by Michael R. Burch  

This world—
to what may we compare it?
To autum...

Lethal Pandemic

...I-nvisible
S-ickness
S-ilently
A-ttacks

M-ankind
A-s
R-abid
I-nfection
E-mploys
L-ethal

P-andemic
A-pplying
J-eopardy's
E-eriness

Topic: Birthday of Issa Mariel A. Paje (April 28)...

First Rain

...Surprise summer storm
wingers nestle patiently---
my screen door Issa...

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