summer sale
adjusting her bra
in the shop window
Ignatius Fay
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
夏季拍賣
在商店的櫥窗前
調整她的胸罩
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
夏季拍卖
在商店的橱窗前
调整她的胸罩
Bio Sketch
Ignatius Fay is a retired invertebrate paleontologist. His poems have appeared in many of the most respected online and print journals, including The Heron’s Nest, Modern Haiku, Ars Poetica, Gusts, Chrysanthemum and Eucalypt. Books: Breccia (2012), a collaboration with fellow haiku poet, Irene Golas; Points In Between (2011), an anecdotal history of his first 23 years. He is the new editor of the Haiku Society of America Bulletin. Ignatius resides in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
L1 successfully sets the context, seasonal and thematic, while Ls 2&3 open up an interpretative space, leaving 'dreaming room' for the reader's imagination. The collocation of summer and bra is emotionally effective.
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