autumn evening--
the hole in the paper door
blows flute
-Issa, 1811
http://cat.xula.edu/issa/
Recently my mate Ron Sims, freelance radio producer/photographer/scultor/wine sales buff, came around to interview me re: the great Haiku poet, Issa, for a future ABC Poetica programme. Although poverty ridden and ill much of his life, with tragedies besetting him at every turn, Issa wrote 20,000 haiku. Phew, that's a major feat even with today's technology, but try it with ink tray and brush! Anyway, the web link above will get you the joy of an Issa haiku a day, so put your name down now and enjoy. I particularly liked today's.
The photo: Issa's Residence (actually the warehouse where he lived after the town fire, a year before his death)
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