Long Issa Poems
Long Issa Poems. Below are the most popular long Issa by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Issa poems by poem length and keyword.
Ancient HaikuThese are translations of some of the oldest Japanese waka, which evolved into tanka, renga and haiku.
While you decline to cry,
high on the mountainside
a single stalk of plumegrass wilts.
—O no Yasumaro (circa 711), translation...
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Categories:
issa, culture, imagery, inspiration, international, metaphor, nature, poetry,
Form:
Haiku
Haiku Translations of the Oriental MastersGrasses wilt:
the braking locomotive
grinds to a halt
—Yamaguchi Seishi, translation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, fallen camellias,
if I were you,
I'd leap into the torrent!
—Takaha Shugyo, translation by Michael R. Burch
The first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow...
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Categories:
issa, animal, beauty, imagery, nature, philosophy, world,
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Haiku
Zen Death Haiku IiToday, 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 autumn fields
lying darkening at dusk
illuminated by...
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Categories:
issa, death, imagery, life, nature, symbolism, visionary, world,
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Haiku
Yosa Buson TranslationsYosa Buson haiku translations
On the temple’s great bronze gong
a butterfly
snoozes.
?Yosa Buson, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Hard to describe:
this light sensation of being pinched
by a butterfly!
?Yosa Buson, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Not to worry...
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Categories:
issa, age, animal, autumn, father, moon, mother, nature,
Form:
Haiku
The Swoon Hypothesis - Part 2
"The Swoon Hypothesis" - Part 2
Arimathea stands next to you and I on the deck, soon we are back in Nazareth, you press into my palm,
“A very rare Dubunni coin” you say - on...
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Categories:
issa, imagery, jesus, love,
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Free verse
This World of DewTHIS 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?
—Eihei Dogen Kigen, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Dewdrops beading grass-blades
die before...
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Categories:
issa, age, art, autumn, bereavement, death, life, time,
Form:
Haiku
Zen Death Haiku XiiZEN 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 Yoaka, loose translation/interpretation of his jisei (death poem) by Michael...
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Categories:
issa, age, analogy, angst, animal, anxiety, august, autumn,
Form:
Haiku
Haiku Translations IHaiku 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:
the sun rising.
—Matsuo Basho, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
The sea...
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Categories:
issa, animal, flower, moon, nature, sea, stars, tree,
Form:
Haiku
Plum Blossom Haiku IiAre 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.
—Kobayashi Issa, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
The red...
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Categories:
issa, animal, butterfly, flower, innocence, love, nature, spring,
Form:
Haiku
Zen Death Haiku XZEN 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) , loose translation/interpretation of his jisei (death poem) by...
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Categories:
issa, age, analogy, animal, anxiety, august, autumn,
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Haiku
Zen Death Haiku XiZEN 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 Michael R. Burch
Moonlit hailstones:
the night hawks return.
—Uejima Onitsura, loose translation...
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Categories:
issa, age, analogy, angst, animal, anxiety, august, autumn,
Form:
Haiku
Zen Death Haiku IxZEN 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 his jisei (death poem) by...
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Categories:
issa, age, allegory, allusion, analogy, angst, animal, autumn,
Form:
Haiku
Wake Asia Wake - Part One - 3No wisdom more canny than the folksome pantun’s peasant proverbials
Wake! Monde Malais! Wake and note no Sultan whirls as a Sufi
...
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Categories:
issa, inspirational,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Issa: Translations of the Oriental MasterPetals I amass
with such tenderness
prick me to the quick.
? Kobayashi Issa, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
This world of dew
is a world of dew indeed;
and yet ...
? Kobayashi Issa, loose translation by Michael R....
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Categories:
issa, animal, friendship, garden, humanity, humor, imagery, nature,
Form:
Haiku
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 precious life gifts,
Self-assesses to be supernormal,
Advantageous climbing in phasing...
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Categories:
issa, deep, power, spiritual,
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Terza Rima
Ingredientssonata for the flute and piano
adding
some slices
of a sunrise tasted with the friends
and a calm sleep on the sand
for the brioche with bilberries
I cut the almonds
I break the nuts
in this August evening
the sky releases the...
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Categories:
issa, joy,
Form:
Imagism
Master Masaoka Shiki5-7-5
Tragedy striking
all the children are dying-
A master prevailed!
4-5-4
Tragedy strikes
Children are dying-
Masters prevail!
7/6/2017
Kobayashi Issa as a child was cared for by his grandmother. Due to the death of his mother. When his grandmother passed he was...
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Categories:
issa, appreciation, death, dedication, inspiration, inspirational, loss, strength,
Form:
Haiku