Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa, also known as Kobayashi Yataro and Kobayashi Nobuyuki, was born in Kashiwabara, Shinanao province. He eventually took the pen name Issa, which means “cup of tea” or, according to poet Robert Hass, “a single bubble in steeping tea.”
[the snow is melting]
The snow is melting
and the village is flooded
with children.
By Kobayashi Issa
Translated by Robert Hass
Snow is melting in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and with it go the bleak worries of winter. It is time to green the sun with joy like a child rushing outside to enjoy a spring day. What stressors can you release during this transitional time? What shadows could a joyful outlook banish from your life?
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