Friday, August 16, 2013

Butterfly Dream: Chrysalis Haiku by Marilyn Humbert

English Original

a chrysalis
waits for spring
autistic son
  
Windfall, 1, 2013

Marilyn Humbert


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一個蛹
在等待春天
自閉症兒子

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一个蛹
在等待春天
自闭症儿子


Bio Sketch

Marilyn Humbert lives in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney NSW surrounded by bush. Her pastimes include writing free verse poetry, tanka, tanka prose and related genre. She is the leader of Bottlebrush Tanka Group and member of the Huddle and Bowerbird Tanka Groups. Her tanka appears in Australian and International Journals.

1 comment:

  1. Marilyn's jux. is thematically and emotionally effective. And a simile is successfully established between the two parts of the poem.

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