2/16/2008

wallking with ISSA

  
  


冬長く 一茶と友に 道を行く


this long winter -
walking the road
with Issa











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I have been studying a lot lately about
Issa in Shikoku !


Issa and the Three Venerable Treasures, sanson 三尊 of the Haiku World


Temple Saimyo-Ji (Saimyooji) and Issa 最明寺



Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)



. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008


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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

even now
an ancient poet
shares his path

Ella Wagemakers
http://ellawagemakers.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Gabi, this has such a beautiful feeling --
I love it!
(And I'm sure Issa would have loved it too!)
Slightly melancholic, yet warm...

Anonymous said...

enjoyed this one Gabi ... played with the idea of losing 'the road' .. .

i love the reflective tone to this and i get philosophical - an age, years and reasons why winter is long (not because the season insists... )

i liked thinking on this one ... >>>

Anonymous said...

Gabi san, there's no end to this winter, but who cares in such a great company!

M. in Europa

Anonymous said...

Winter is a season that tends to be underrated by poets, except, of course, in haiku.

Anonymous said...

Makes me feel like winter is not so bad after all. Very nicely done.

A.

Anonymous said...

Lovely, Gabi. Very gentle and serene . . . a perfect mood for haiku.
S.

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