Carpe Diem Crossroads #2 the summer moon
a thousand gallons
shower from the eaves…
cherry blossoms © Issa
it touches the line
of my fishing pole –
this summer moon © Chiyo-Ni
Carpe Diem Crossroads #2 the summer moon
a thousand gallons
shower from the eaves…
cherry blossoms © Issa
it touches the line
of my fishing pole –
this summer moon © Chiyo-Ni
Carpe Diem #1158 Kashiwabara, birth-place of Kobayashi Issa
1810
むさい家との給ふやうな雛哉
musai ya to no tamau yôna hiina kana
looking like she’s enduring
my crappy house…
the doll Issa
1804
を踏こたへたりみそさざい
yama kaze wo fumi kotaetari misosazai
fighting the mountain wind
on foot…
a wren Issa
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