Some Haiku Poems by Issa Read in English
August 22nd, 2011

You can hear poet Robert Hass reading his translations of some Haiku poems by Japanese poet and Buddhist priest Kobayashi Issa (1763 – 1827) in the video below.

The first is one of my favorites:

Don’t worry spiders
I keep house
Casually.

Listen to more here…

Enjoy!

Mama Lisa

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