Issa Snow

1822
.大雪のどこがどこ迄ろくな春
ôyuki no do[ko] ga doko made rokuna haru

how far across
this deep snow
until spring?

Kobayashi Issa

December Snow

The woods
Snowfall silent
Resonate with cryings
Of a peregrine

Nashi

Owls

Waking to the sound of owls these past few nights. Last night, before dawn, cries like naaah..... followed by who..who..who.....who-who? Over and over and over, again.

December

Moonrise
The sun not set
White Cheeked Geisha
Behind a Juniper fan

Nashi

November

In a cotton field
Of blown thistles:
Primrose, aster, goldenrod

Nashi