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A huge frog and I

A poem by Kobayashi Issa

Translated by: Robert Hass
Collection: The Essential Haiku
Year: 1994
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Portrait of Kobayashi Issa — Kobayashi Issa 1763–1828

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A huge frog and I, staring at each other, neither of us moves.

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Longest reading: Beau Dong4 words

Beau Dong United States
as the frog! Ha!
October 2005

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