Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Butterfly Dream: Unfinished Scarf Haiku by Beverley George

English Original

fireside knitting
the unfinished scarf
around my neck

Presence, 42, 2010

Beverley George


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

爐邊針織
在我脖子上
未完成的圍巾

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

炉边针织
在我脖子上
未完成的围巾


Bio Sketch

Beverley George is the past editor of Yellow Moon and the founder/editor of Eucalypt: a tanka journal 2006 - . In September 2009 she convened the 4th Haiku Pacific Rim Conference in Terrigal, Australia. Beverley presented papers on haiku in Australia at the 3rd Haiku Pacific Rim conference in Matsuyama, Japan in 2007, and on Australian tanka at the 6th International Tanka Festival, Tokyo 2009. She was the president of the Australian Haiku Society 2006-2010.

1 comment:

  1. In this seemingly cozy domestic scene portrayed in Beverley's haiku, the "unfinished" scarf might indicate the speaker's mood/state of mind.

    A well-crafted "middle-of-the-story" haiku.

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