Five really deep haiku poems by the great Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa.

in #poetry7 years ago


Kobayashi Issa was a Japanese poet known for his haiku poems and journals. He is regarded as one of the four haiku masters in Japan, along with Basho,  Buson and Shiki. Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. Haiku poems consist of 3 lines. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the  middle line has 7 syllables. The lines rarely rhyme.


"In the cherry blossom's shade

there's no such thing

as a stranger."

❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀


"This dewdrop world 

Is but a dewdrop world

And yet, and yet --"

❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀


"In this world

We walk on the roof of hell

Gazing at flowers"

❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀


"Even in warmest

glow 

how cold my shadow"

❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀


"A world of grief and pain

Flowers bloom

Even then"

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