Thursday, October 9, 2014

Butterfly Dream: First Kiss Haiku by Rebecca Drouilhet

English Original

first kiss story
lost in our history ...
half moon rising

Rebecca Drouilhet


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

初吻故事
從我們的歷史中消失...
半月上升

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

初吻故事
从我们的历史中消失...
半月上升



Bio Sketch

Rebecca Drouilhet is a 58-year old retired registered nurse.  In 2012, she won a Sakura award in the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Haiku International.  Her haiku and tanka have appeared in A Hundred Gourds, Modern Haiku, Frogpond, World Haiku Review, Prune Juice, The Heron's Nest, and the Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Art.

1 comment:

  1. Ls 1&2 successfully establish the context, thematic and emotive, while the symbolically rich image of a half moon, which indicates a division into two different two parts, in L3 enhances the tone and mood of the poem.

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