Orphan Sparrow
With one another
Let’s play; so come. O sparrow
Who has no mother,
The Cherry Blossom at Ueno
Under the branches
Of the cherry-trees in bloom
None are strangers there.
A Radish Worker (one of my favorites)
With the radish he
Pulls out, a radish-worker
Shows the road to me.
I hope you enjoy these haiku by Issa – I found them in a book by Kenneth Yasuda called “The Japanese Haiku”
Savage Haiku 