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WORLD OF DEW: poems by issa

18 Saturday Nov 2017

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In this world

we walk on the roof of hell,

gazing at flowers.

The moon and the flowers,

forty-nine years,

walking around, wasting time.

Full moon:

my ramshackle hut

is what it is.

I’m going out,

flies, so relax,

make love.

Don’t worry, spiders,

I keep house

casually.

We humans–

squirming around

among the blossoming flowers.

The world of dew

is the world of dew,

And yet, and yet–

Kobayashi Issa (1763 – 1827 / Japan)

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Don’t worry, spiders,

I keep house

casually.

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Goes out,

comes back —

the loves of a cat.

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I’m going out,

flies, so relax,

make love.

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The Hungry Ghosts

Flowers scattering—

the water we thirst for

far off, in the mist

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No talent

and so no sin

a winter’s day

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This stupid world —

skinny mosquitoes, skinny fleas,

skinny children

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Last time, I think,

I’ll brush the flies

from my father’s face.

— Kobayashi “little cup of tea” Issa (from Robert
Hass’ The Essential Haiku, 1994)