Tuesday Poem: Haiku — “Having Slept, the Cat Gets Up” by Kobayassi Issa

Having slept, the cat gets up,

yawns, goes out

to make love.

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– by Kobayassi Issa, 1763-1827

I have previously posted two of Issa’s haiku, the world of dew and spring rain, both in 2011. In both I noted that Issa is one of the great haiku masters and I very much the elegance of his work.

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