first yellow crocus …
i release
my winter heart
Basho Haiku Festival Anthology, 1997
Pamela A. Babusci
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
第一朵黃色的番紅花 ...
釋放
我的冬日之心
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
第一朵黄色的番红花 ...
释放
我的冬日之心
Bio Sketch
Pamela A. Babusci is an internationally award winning haiku, tanka poet and haiga artist. Some of her awards include: Museum of Haiku Literature Award, International Tanka Splendor Awards, First Place Yellow Moon Competition (Aust) tanka category, First Place Kokako Tanka Competition,(NZ) First Place Saigyo Tanka Awards (US), Basho Festival Haiku Contests (Japan). Pamela has illustrated several books, including: Full Moon Tide: The Best of Tanka Splendor Awards, Taboo Haiku, Chasing the Sun, Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka, and A Thousand Reasons 2009. Pamela was the founder and now is the solo Editor of Moonbathing: a journal of women’s tanka; the first all women’s tanka journal in the US.
L1, "yellow crocus," (which Tennyson likened to a fire), successfully sets the context, scenic and emotive, while the shift (from the natural/physical to the mental/inner) in Ls 2&3 is psychologically effective.
ReplyDeletethank you Chen-ou Liu for including my haiku
ReplyDeletein your wonderful project!!