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July 2, 2005

Supporting ONE & Live 8 — with Issa’s haiku

Filed under: pre-06-2006 — David Giacalone @ 1:56 am

Issa, the classic haiku master of 19th Century Japan, has often

helped this weblog make points on very contemporary issues. 

 

Live8sm  Tonight, I’m borrowing Issa’s words, as translated

by Prof. David G. Lanoue, in support of the important work of

ONEThe Campaign to Make Poverty History — and of Live 8

Your Editor just started his punditry-free vacation, so will merely

point you to the Technorati Live 8 page for more details.

 

 


hazy night–
people listening
to heavenly music


 

 

 







oilCanH

 

 

 

in my home village
they’re used to poverty…
maiden flowers

 

 

 

 

 

 

people call it
“empty belly” hunger…
morning lark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the mushroom hunters
return empty-handed…
fussing

 

 







 

 

even the poor
workhorses of Edo sleep…
in mosquito nets!

 

 




morning time–
thin mosquito, thin flea
thin child



 

flyswatter horiz

 

 

mosquito larvae
dance in memoriam…
the tomb’s puddle











from today on
may my medicine work!
welcoming the gods

 

 

 



“Issa self neg” – all haiku by Kobayashi ISSA,

translated by David G. Lanoue  



 









                                  Live8  Live8N

 

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