Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Butterfly Dream: Wood Knot Haiku by Marilyn Fleming

English Original

wood knot
in my pocket
fog over water

Blithe Spirit, 24:2, May 2014

Marilyn Fleming


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

木結
在我的口袋裡
河水上的霧

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

木结
在我的口袋里
河水上的雾


Bio Sketch

Marilyn Fleming was born and raised on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Her poetry has been published in various literary journals and anthologies. She has a special interest in oriental forms of poetry and won her first prize in the Hildegarde Janzen Oriental Forms Award in 1988.

1 comment:

  1. Ls 1&2 set the thematic context while the visually and emotionally evocative image in L3 enhances the mood of the poem.

    Note: "A knot is a particular type of imperfection in a piece of timber, which reduces its strength, but which may be exploited for artistic effect."

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