Here
I'm here-
the snow falling.

Kobayashi Issa

Tags: poetry nature haiku

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What a strange thing!
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms.

Kobayashi Issa

Tags: life poetry haiku blossoms cherry-blossoms japan spring

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Where there are humans,
You'll find flies,
And Buddhas.

Kobayashi Issa

Tags: buddhism zen flies

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The world of dew
is the world of dew.
And yet, and yet--

Kobayashi Issa

Tags: haiku

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Don't kill!...
The fly is asking you
To save his life
By rubbing his hands together

Kobayashi Issa

Tags: inspirational fun

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All the time I pray to Buddha
I keep on
killing mosquitoes.

Kobayashi Issa

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Summer night--
even the stars
are whispering to each other.

Kobayashi Issa

Tags: poetry

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Even in warmest
glow
how cold my shadow

Kobayashi Issa

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Don't weep, insects --
Lovers, stars themselves,
Must part.

Kobayashi Issa

Tags: ozymandias mayfly-and-pilgrim

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Never forget:
we walk on hell,
gazing at flowers.

Kobayashi Issa

Tags: life beauty wind transcendence sword-sentiments old-songs

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