Issa > Quotes

“On the Death of his Child

Dew Evaporates
And all our world is dew...so dear,
So fresh, so fleeting”
― Issa, Japanese Haiku: Two Hundred Twenty Examples of Seventeen-Syllable Poems

“Arise from sleep, old cat,
And with great yawns and stretchings...
Amble out for love”
― Issa, Japanese Haiku: Two Hundred Twenty Examples of Seventeen-Syllable Poems

“Giddy grasshopper
Take care...do not leap and crush
These pearls of dewdrop”
― Issa, Japanese Haiku: Two Hundred Twenty Examples of Seventeen-Syllable Poems

“In the city fields
Contemplating cherry-trees...
Strangers are like friends”
― Issa, Japanese Haiku: Two Hundred Twenty Examples of Seventeen-Syllable Poems

“Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity.”
― Issa

“Dry creek
glimpsed
by lightning”
― Issa

“Hi! My little hut
Is newly-thatched I see...
Blue morning-glories”
― Issa, Japanese Haiku: Two Hundred Twenty Examples of Seventeen-Syllable Poems