The Poetry Stash: 25September2024

Haiku by Kobayashi Issa

Today’s poems are haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by R.H. Blyth and David Cobb from the anthology Haiku The Poetry of Nature. The book is available for purchase here.

Haiku by Kobayashi Issa

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “it had to be…”
2.	Begin with “her nose…”
3.	Draft a haiku. To read more about haiku, click here.
4.	Try a mistranslation of a language you don’t know. What meaning do the sounds or appearance of the lettering express to you.

5. Photo by Marta Dzedyshko via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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