RENGAY: Issa's Dream

Issa's Dream

        Michael Dylan Welch, Billie Dee, and Josh Wikoff

Issa’s dream
the village flooded
with poets                                   Michael

morning-glory warriors
in the nun’s courtyard              Billie

        Rorschach test
        Bashō’s bucket full
        of octopi                               Josh

        the snail tells me
        what’s on his mind            Michael

road weary
Santōka trades his raincoat
for sake                                        Billie

Shiki’s old mitt the color
of dried persimmon                  Josh


Frogpond 47.1, Winter 2024, p76.