Kobayashi Issa was a Japanese poet known for his haiku poems and journals. He is regarded as one of the four haiku masters in Japan, along with Basho, Buson and Shiki. Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. Haiku poems consist of 3 lines. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables. The lines rarely rhyme.
"In the cherry blossom's shade
there's no such thing
as a stranger."
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"This dewdrop world
Is but a dewdrop world
And yet, and yet --"
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"In this world
We walk on the roof of hell
Gazing at flowers"
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"Even in warmest
glow
how cold my shadow"
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"A world of grief and pain
Flowers bloom
Even then"