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It once happened

by Kobayashi Issa

Kobayashi Issa

It once happened
that a child was spared punishment
through earnest solicitation.




Quotes of the Day

The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
• Unknown


Poems of the Day
  • William Carlos Williams
    To A Friend
    by William Carlos Williams
    Well, Lizzie Anderson! seventeen men—and the baby hard to find a father for! What will the good Father in Heaven say to the local judge if he do not solve this problem?