Here,
I’m here –
the snow falling
Issa
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I’m just starting to explore Issa’s poetry.
He could be pretty irreverent too, it seems:
Writing shit about new snow
for the rich
is not art.
Yes, Issa and Ikkyu were two rascals of heiga! I like the later translations that are more true to their words.