Haiku of the Day Theme for February 2025: Issa’s Haiku translated by David Lanoue

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1. I have just discovered your website as a result of this post. Thankyou. I feel my head expanding. 😊

2. Thank you David G. Lanoue! I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your website on Issa, the translations, and the narrative/explanation for each translation that you have made available for everyone to enjoy.

   1. Ditto !

3. Is there someplace we can see the Japanese original of the poem to be shared each day?

   1. Hi Lori,
      I don’t know about the Japanese original of these newly discovered haikai verses, unless they make their way to the search engine, but eventually I think they will:
      https://haikuguy.com/issa/

      Alan

4. I am very interested in reading David’s introduction but where can I find it?

   1. Hi Michael,

      That is the introduction to this Per Diem feature curated by David Lanoue on a daily basis. It’ll be fascinating as they are all newly discovered haikai verses by Issa, with first draft translations into English by David Lanoue.

      A newly discovered Issa verse placed into English will appear on the THF homepage:
      https://thehaikufoundation.org

      Today’s verse, into English:

      first snow—
      blown to the shins
      of the samurai

      —Issa

      For more information, David Lanoue regularly updates his website:
      https://haikuguy.com/issa/
      https://haikuguy.com/issa/new.html

      kindest regards,
      Alan

      1. Thanks for elaborating, Alan! 🐸🙏

   2. Yes, you can see the Japanese original texts of all these haiku (and over 13,000 other ones) on my website.

      http://haikuguy.com/issa/

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