POD: Kobayashi Issa

9/10/13, soft pastel, nupastel, charcoal

haven't had a poem of the day in a while. 
today i give you two, both by japanese haiku poet Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828):

the world of dew-
a world of dew it is indeed,
and yet, and yet...

(trans. lewis mackenzie)


all the time i pray to buddha
i keep on
  killing mosquitoes.

(trans. robert hass)