the long snake
David English
the long snakehead to tail, down the hatch
Issa in 1820
58 years old, on October second son born. fall over and was smitten by palsy ,but lightly. wrote haiku literatures.
sakuo Japanese
nagai hebi no atama kara sittupo he ana oriru
長蛇の頭から尾へ穴降りる
Issa Original
ô hebi mo shubi yoku ana e iri ni keri
大蛇も首尾よく穴へ入にけり
sakuo Comment
Who is another snake? It is Issa who has got estate, family and haiku students around him. He shout " Oh I did it " in his hole.
Issa site
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