Poets/Kobayashi Issa/Don't know about the people

Don't know about the people

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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Approaching my village:

Don't know about the people, but all the scarecrows are crooked.

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