[Poetry Chaikhana] Kobayashi Issa - Never forget

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Never forget By Kobayashi Issa (1763 - 1828) English version by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto   Never forget: we walk on hell, gazing at flowers.   -- from Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter, Translated by Lucien Stryk / Translated by Takashi Ikemoto Amazon.com / Photo by mikebaird /

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Hi Omss -

This is one of those rare haiku that I love one moment and hate the next. I guess it depends on whether or not I remember to gaze at flowers in the moment...

Have a beautiful, flower-filled weekend!

Ivan

 

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