the clouds [naviarhaiku626]
on New Year's Day tall as a sleeping man... the clouds As customary, the first haiku of the year is by Kobayashi Issa. Among the four great masters of Japanese haiku, Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828) was the most prolific: during his lifetime he wrote over 20,000 haiku, hundreds of tanka, and several haibun. Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
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