Don't worry, spiders, <br />I keep house <br /> casually. <br /> <br /> <br /> New Year's Day— <br />everything is in blossom! <br /> I feel about average. <br /> <br /> <br /> The snow is melting <br />and the village is flooded <br /> with children. <br /> <br /> <br /> Goes out, <br />comes back— <br /> the love life of a cat. <br /> <br /> <br /> Mosquito at my ear— <br />does he think <br /> I'm deaf? <br /> <br /> <br /> Under the evening moon <br />the snail <br /> is stripped to the waist. <br /> <br /> <br /> Even with insects— <br />some can sing, <br /> some can't. <br /> <br /> <br /> All the time I pray to Buddha <br />I keep on <br /> killing mosquitoes. <br /> <br /> <br /> Napped half the day; <br />no one <br /> punished me!<br /><br />Robert Hass<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/selected-haiku-by-issa/
