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(EES-a) (for a boy)
Issa was the pen name of a Japanese poet who wrote ten blue billion haikus and all of them are excellent. I have read about thirty and I love them. Issa means cup-of-tea in Japanese. I love it. Do you love it?
Here are some of my favorite haikus by Issa.
Climb Mount Fuji,
O snail,
but slowly, slowly.
Naked
on a naked horse
in pouring rain!
Children imitating cormorants
are even more wonderful
than cormorants.
New Year's Day--
everything in blossom!
I feel about average.
It once happened
that a child was spared punishment
through earnest solicitation.
The man pulling radishes
pointed my way
with a radish.
Issa. Issa. Issa. I like everything about it. I would like your thoughts!
Also, his wife's name: Kiku. Chrysanthemum. Many Japanese haikus (haiku?) focus on Chrysanthemums. Mostly Buson I guess. I am just going from sheets my English teacher gave me. But yeah anyway Issa and Kiku.
ETA: I noticed that it's an Arabic transcription of Jesus. That is not the name I mean. I mean Issa the poet's name.
ETA2: I had a dream someone named their kid - oh what was it. Licius. Not like Delicious, like Linus + Lucius. Lycius maybe. I thought it was interesting.
Issa was the pen name of a Japanese poet who wrote ten blue billion haikus and all of them are excellent. I have read about thirty and I love them. Issa means cup-of-tea in Japanese. I love it. Do you love it?
Here are some of my favorite haikus by Issa.
Climb Mount Fuji,
O snail,
but slowly, slowly.
Naked
on a naked horse
in pouring rain!
Children imitating cormorants
are even more wonderful
than cormorants.
New Year's Day--
everything in blossom!
I feel about average.
It once happened
that a child was spared punishment
through earnest solicitation.
The man pulling radishes
pointed my way
with a radish.
Issa. Issa. Issa. I like everything about it. I would like your thoughts!
Also, his wife's name: Kiku. Chrysanthemum. Many Japanese haikus (haiku?) focus on Chrysanthemums. Mostly Buson I guess. I am just going from sheets my English teacher gave me. But yeah anyway Issa and Kiku.
ETA: I noticed that it's an Arabic transcription of Jesus. That is not the name I mean. I mean Issa the poet's name.
ETA2: I had a dream someone named their kid - oh what was it. Licius. Not like Delicious, like Linus + Lucius. Lycius maybe. I thought it was interesting.
This message was edited 8/30/2008, 10:10 PM
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Reminds me of the Arabic name Isa
Which is apparently the Arabic form of Jesus.
"Isa (Arabic script عيسى) is an Arabic name corresponding to Jesus in English. It is a common given name for Arab men.
Arabic-speaking Muslims refer to Jesus as Isa, while Arabic-speaking Christians refer to Jesus as Yasu (Arabic script يسوع). Jesus is considered a prophet in Islam (see Islamic view of Jesus), and his name is used in these two forms in the Qur'an and Arabic versions of the Bible, respectively."
Which is apparently the Arabic form of Jesus.
"Isa (Arabic script عيسى) is an Arabic name corresponding to Jesus in English. It is a common given name for Arab men.
Arabic-speaking Muslims refer to Jesus as Isa, while Arabic-speaking Christians refer to Jesus as Yasu (Arabic script يسوع). Jesus is considered a prophet in Islam (see Islamic view of Jesus), and his name is used in these two forms in the Qur'an and Arabic versions of the Bible, respectively."
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Issa is new to me. When I read the subject I just assumed it was a girl's name. But now I see it on a boy. Very interesting.
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Truthfully, upon looking at it, my mind goes "Issa --> Issei --> Issei Sagawa, who killed and ate a Dutch coed and then inspired a Rolling Stones song (and not a particularly good one, at that)." D: But I think I could get over that--I've been thinking about the name a few minutes now, and...yeah, whatevs. Dude's nuts, but Issa did write some very pretty poems.
I really like Kiku, though, and also Kiko and Kikuko. I like how much K there is in a lot of Japanese names. Very appealing.
Lycius isn't doing it for me tonight, but then, Lucius never really gets me.
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I really like Kiku, though, and also Kiko and Kikuko. I like how much K there is in a lot of Japanese names. Very appealing.
Lycius isn't doing it for me tonight, but then, Lucius never really gets me.
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