A motionless horse,
at peace in the field,
in the quietly falling snow.
Author: Issa (1762 - 1826)
Kobayashi Issa (1762-1826) became a major haikai poet despite an impoverished childhood and early years in which he was practically homeless. He is well loved for the empathy with small creatures expressed in many of his poems.
New Year’s —
even the Buddha wears
a bright red hood for luck.
Oh, don’t swat!
the fly rubs hands,
rubs feet
a withering wind-
seated in the falling dusk
a street minstrel