Inch by inch
Subtitle: 45 haiku
By: by Issa ; translated by Nanao Sakaki
Contributors: Sakaki, Nanao; Brandi, John; Bryan, Jeff
Publisher: La Alameda Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Albuquerque, N.M
Language: eng; jpn
Number of pages: 73
Work titles: Poems.
Description: Forty-five haiku by a 19th century Japanese poet known for his sense of equality with the natural world. In one he wrote: "Don't swat the fly / who begs your pardon / wringing his hands and legs."
Notes: "An earlier version of this text was published by Tooth of Time Books in a very small edition"--Verso t.p

Includes interview "Cup of tea, plate of fish" conducted by John Brandi and Jeff Bryan in Corrales, N.M

English and Japanese (kana, kanji, romaji)