November breeze
a leaf
steps on my toe
Mike Gallagher
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
十一月微風
一片葉子
踩到我的腳趾
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
十一月微风
一片叶子
踩到我的脚趾
Bio Sketch
Mike Gallagher is an Irish poet. His poetry, stories and haiku have been published in Ireland, throughout Europe and in America, Canada, Japan, India, Thailand, Nepal and Australia and have been translated into . Croatian, Japanese, Dutch and German. He won the Eigse Michael Hartnett viva voce contest in 2010. He was shortlisted for the Hennessy Award in 2011. He won the Desmond O'Grady International Poetry Contest in 2012. He edits thefirstcut, a literary journal.
Mike's combined use of inversion and hyperbole is humorously effective.
ReplyDeleteA well-crafted haiku with an aesthetic focus on the "hai."