for Basho
alone by the pond
frog song
lost in frog song
入賞句 (Prize-Winning Haiku), Fifth Japan-Russia Haiku Contest, 2016 ; Akita -- The Land of Poetry, 8, October 2016
Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta, Founder of Akita
池のそばで独り
蛙の歌が蛙の歌に消える
Poetic Musings: Mother and Ocean Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
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mother I never knew,
each time I see the ocean,
each time --
*The Essential Haiku*, 1995
Kobayashi Issa
Commentary: L1 establishes both the emotional atm...
