Original by Ema Saikō Translated, from the Japanese, by Benjamin Landauer Responding in Rhyme to a Poem Sent by Hangaiken Sensei of Hirado, which went: “Flourishes of relaxed ink wrapping around poetry and painting, I come to know this is …

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Summoning the ferry from the grassy distance ― a fan By Yosa Buson translated, from the Japanese, by EP Allan   EP Allan has published many of his own poems and is working on “The Selected Poems of Yosa Buson” …

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Towards the moon you threw the net ― splash By Yosa Buson translated, from the Japanese, by EP Allan   EP Allan has published many of his own poems and is working on “The Selected Poems of Yosa Buson” for …

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Extracting teeth from out of an abdomen ― gourd seeds By Yosa Buson translated, from the Japanese, by EP Allan   EP Allan has published many of his own poems and is working on “The Selected Poems of Yosa Buson” …

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Cat’s ears are very strange things. They’re flimsy, cold, the front side is like the bark of bamboo sprouts with soft hair that sticks out while the back side is shiny. Cat ears are of a special class of things …

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