singing

On a branch

floating downriver,

a cricket singing.

Issa

 art by Seiko

 

on the death of his child

Dew Evaporates
And all our world

 is dew...so dear,
So fresh....so fleeting



~  Issa

  from Japanese Haiku
 translation by Peter Beilenson

 

 

 

 

reflected

Reflected

in the dragonfly's eye -

mountains.

Kobayashi Issa

(1763-1828)

from Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter

translated by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto