Sunday, June 18, 2006

Two more from Issa

We have two dogs and two cats. They spend very little time inside, but it's just enough that they took the blame for what we thought was a flea problem. Turns out the offending insect was a mosquito or three instead of flea or twelve. Which brings me to two more of my favorites from Issa, translation by Robert Hass from the site Hass on haiku.

For you fleas too
the nights must be long,
they must be lonely.

Issa

Mosquito at my ear--
does it think
I'm deaf?

Issa

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