Kobayashi Issa

1763-1828 / Male / Japanese
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A bath when you're bornHis death poem: / A bath when you're born, / a bath when you die,
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A cuckoo singsA cuckoo sings / to me, to the mountain, / to me, to the mountain.
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A huge frog and IA huge frog and I, / staring at each other, / neither of us moves.
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All the time I pray to BuddhaAll the time I pray to Buddha / I keep on / killing mosquitoes.
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Asked how old he wasAsked how old he was, / the boy in the new kimono / stretched out all five fingers.
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Blossoms at nightBlossoms at night, / and the faces of people / moved by music.
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Children imitating cormorantsChildren imitating cormorants / are even more wonderful / than cormorants.
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Don't know about the peopleApproaching my village: / Don't know about the people, / but all the scarecrows
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Don't worry, spidersDon't worry, spiders, / I keep house / casually.
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Ducks bobbing on the waterDucks bobbing on the water-- / are they also, tonight, / hoping to get lucky?
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