autumn chill
dialing her dead mother's number
by mistake
Close to the Wind, 2013 Haiku North America Anthology
Joan Prefontaine
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
秋天的寒意
錯誤撥打她亡母
的電話號碼
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
秋天的寒意
错误拨打她亡母
的电话号码
Bio Sketch
Joan Prefontaine lives near Cottonwood, Arizona. She has been writing poetry for many years and began focusing on haiku in 2012. Some of her poems have been set to music by contemporary composers. She teaches Lifelong Learning classes at Yavapai College.
L1 successfully establishes the context, seasonal and emotive, of the poem while Ls 2&3 enhance the tone and mood. And the heart-wrenching "mistake" in L3 adds emotional weight and psychological depth to the poem.
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