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“In many poems Issa pushes his connection to nonhuman animals a step further, addressing them as if they are his peers who perfectly understand Japanese.

O snail
how do you make your living?
autumn rain

evening lark―
which pine island’s
good for sleeping?

hey reed thrush
which way to ancient
Naniwa?

heron on a post―
how is your year
ending?”