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Kobayashi Issa - New Year's morning

New Year's morning:
the ducks on the pond
quack and quack.

Added: on March 20th, 2005 at 5:24 PM | Viewed: 1269 times | Comments (2)


New Year's morning - Comments and Information

Poet: Kobayashi Issa
Poem: New Year's morning
Volume: The Essential Haiku
Year: Published/Written in 1994
Poem of the Day on:
Dec 28 2007

Comment 2 of 2, added on November 1st, 2005 at 1:31 AM.

you have not realized that theese are haiku tranlated from japanese into english. they are tranlated with the meaning in mind, not the number of syllables.
perhaps you should study japanese literature before you insult the most beloved haiku master.

rae from United States
Comment 1 of 2, added on March 20th, 2005 at 5:24 PM.

a real haiku is 5 syllables then 7 syllables the 5 syllables again ok everyone of the poems im reading a not real haikus im in 5th grade and im finding out that a lot of people never learned how to write haikus.next time make sure you know how to write. ok?

caley from United States

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