Kobayashi Issa, (1763-1827) A Haiku Poet with Enormous Heart
Originally posted on Lady Nyo's Weblog:
I have had “The Essential haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa” for a few years and have only really gotten to Basho.? But recently reading Issa, (Issa means Cup-of-Tea), ?the world of haiku opened up in ways I didn’t expect.…