(not shutting up)

not shutting up

New Year morning's late riser...

the crow

--Kobayashi Issa, (1763-1828), Japanese poet, haiku master, and lay Zen priest, translated by Daniel Lanoue, written in 1811

.だまつても行ぬやけさの遅烏
damatte mo yukanu ya kesa no oso karasu

(from the storehouse)

from the storehouse

shining slantwise...

year's first sun

--Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), Japanese poet and haiku master, written 1811, translated by David G. Lanoue

.土蔵からすじかいにさすはつ日哉
dozô kara sujikai ni sasu hatsu hi kana

(don't be bewildered)

don't be bewildered

by the cold weather!

dragonfly

--Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), Japanese poet and haiku master, written 1811, translated by David G. Lanoue

.うろたへな寒くなるとて赤蜻蛉
urotae na samuku naru tote aka tombo

(from the heart)

I swear

I see a demon...

billowing clouds.

--Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), Japanese poet and haiku master, written 1811, translated by David G. Lanoue

.心から鬼とも見ゆる雲の峰
Kokoro kara oni to mo mayuru kumo no mine

(Lanoue says Kokoru means literally "from the heart.")

Photo: Evening Clouds at Windridge Solitude, 2018

On a branch

On a branch

floating downriver

cricket, singing.

--Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), Japanese poet and haiku master, translated by Jane Hirsheld

(Just being alive!)

Just being alive!

-- miraculous to be in

cherry blossom shadows!

--Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), Japanese poet and haiku master



Photo: Cherry Blossoms, from Pinterest

(even with insects)

Even with insects-- 
some can sing,
some can't.

--Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), Japanese poet and haiku master

Just because...