New Year's -- even the Buddha wears a bright red hood for luck. —Issa (1762 - 1826)
Excerpt from COOL MELONS, TURN TO FROGS! THE LIFE AND POEMS OF ISSA, by
Matthew Gollub, illustrations by Kazuko G. Stone ® 1998. Reprinted with permission from the publisher. For more information, please visit leeandlow.com/books/cool.html.
Click here to buy this book.
search for luck
beginning ..
a new day
new year born
fire-works all over
I sit alone ~
new year rush
for favours
the temple full of devotees
hurricane warning
even the birds ...
take cover
-