Friday, September 13, 2013

Butterfly Dream: Autumn Equinox Haiku by Pamela A. Babusci

English Original

autumn equinox …
the last sip
of chrysanthemum tea

Magnapoets, 3, January 2009

Pamela A. Babusci


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

秋分...
最後一口
的菊花茶

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

秋分...
最後一口
的菊花茶


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.

1 comment:

  1. L1 successfully sets the context, seasonal and emotive, while Ls 2&3 enhance the tone and mod.

    After the autumn equinox, the nights become longer.

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