Friday’s Weekly Round-Up – 370
[Issa (1763-1828) – Portrait by Muramatsu Shunpo (1772-1858) (Issa Memorial Hall, Shinano, Nagano, Japan]
It’s the anniversary today (born 1763) of the birth of the great Japanese haiku poet, Issa
[Nanao Sakakai – “Inch By Inch” – translations of Issa – “Katatsumuri Sort-soronobore Fujinoyama” (“Inch by inch -/Little snail/Creep up and up Mt.Fuji”)]
For more of Allen-on-haiku – see here and here – and here
For Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche‘s informative insights on haiku – see here
For Allen’s Mostly Sitting Haiku – see here
For some of Jack Kerouac‘s haiku – see here
Happy Birthday Issa!
