Writing Shit About New Snow Poem by Kobayashi Issa
Writing Shit About New Snow
Rating: ★3.6
Writing shit about new snow
for the rich
is not art.
Translated by Robert Hass
Monday, January 13, 2003
Topic(s) of this poem: snow
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8/21/2026 5:35:39 AM # rel_20260813T193622Z_3aad590
Depends on your definition of a poem. In my view, Issa is commenting on make predictable, pretty poems as a commodity or product. I read somewhere on the internet that he entered this poem into a haiku contest that asked for poems about the changing season. He could be a smart- and I like that!