I am in here.
CNN.com – Pulitzer Prize-winning poet dies at 101 – Jun 13, 2005 “Poems in a way are spells against death,” Eberhart once told the Concord Monitor. “They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now. To perpetuate your feelings, to establish them. If you have in any way touched the … Continue reading Richard Eberhart, 1904-2005
ISSA ARCHIVE SEARCH RESULTS 1818 おのづから頭の下たるぼたん哉 onozukara zu no sagaritaru botan kana by itself my head bows… peony! Or: “the head.” Issa bows to the peony. More accurately, “the head, by itself” is bowing without conscious intention on the part of the poet. For this reason, I first translated zu no sagaritaru literally as “the … Continue reading Today's bit from Issa
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I love haiku. Did I tell you that? Well, I do. My favorite poet is Issa, and I just discovered a whole online trove (searchable) of his poems. Go look.
white pebble 