Great Japan!
where a bird sings
the Lotus Sutra
-- Kobayashi Issa (Votes: 42)  |
An old pond!
A frog jumps in-
The sound of water.
-- Matsuo Basho (Votes: 41) |
the old hand
swats a fly
already gone
-- Kobayashi Issa (Votes: 36) |
Evening snow falling,
a pair of mandarin ducks
on an ancient lake.
-- Shiki (Votes: 35) |
Short summer night.
A dewdrop
On the back of a hairy caterpillar.
-- Yosa Buson (Votes: 35) |
Flowers bloom and die
Wind brings butterflies or snow
A stone won't notice
-- Fight Club (Votes: 34) |
Worker bees can leave
Even drones can fly away
The Queen is their slave
-- Fight Club (Votes: 34) |
Lotus leaves in the pond
Ride on water.
Rain in June.
-- Shiki (Votes: 33) |
corner spider
rest easy, my soot-broom
is idle
-- Kobayashi Issa (Votes: 32) |
in a new bucket
the same water...
looks so fresh!
-- Kobayashi Issa (Votes: 32) |
Without just one nest
A bird can call the world home
Life is your career
-- Fight Club (Votes: 31) |
looking, looking
at the mandarin orange...
year's first calligraphy
-- Kobayashi Issa (Votes: 31) |
the distant mountain
reflected in his eyes...
dragonfly
-- Kobayashi Issa (Votes: 31) |
a hot night's pilgrimage
with song...
Zenko Temple
-- Kobayashi Issa (Votes: 31) |
even wild roses
of a downtrodden land
reach enlightenment
-- Kobayashi Issa (Votes: 30) |
if people ask
and dewdrops answer
is the lesson learned?
-- Kobayashi Issa (Votes: 27) |
Basho's Death-Day--
the pigeons and sparrows
in their Sunday best
-- Kobayashi Issa (Votes: 26) |
sparrow parents too
bring their children...
Zenko Temple
-- Kobayashi Issa (Votes: 26) |
