this world today–
for one chrysanthemum
a gold coin
spring rain–
in the window they haggle
over fish
spring rain–
in the wife’s sleeve
coins jingle
at the market
with all his might
firefly flits
from Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue
breathless pundit
I guess there’ll no more haggling with the Curmudgeonly Law Clerk, who is moving on to post-clerking legal practice. Thanks for the good work and best wishes!
Have you read Dowbrigade lately? I just perused the Aug. 15 & Aug 16 postings and was informed, entertained and impressed (yet again) — from global politico-social analysis to a bad kitty on catnip.