Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Butterfly Dream: Stars Haiku by Olivier Schopfer

English Original

pointing at the stars
all the kids
on tiptoe

Acorn, 10, Spring 2003

Olivier Schopfer


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

手指著天上星星
所有的孩子
都踮起腳尖

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

手指著天上星星
所有的孩子
都踮起腳尖


Bio Sketch

Olivier Schopfer lives in Geneva, Switzerland. He likes to capture the moment in haiku and photography. His work has appeared in The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2014 and in numerous online and print journals, such as Acorn, Bones, bottle rockets, bras bell, Chrysanthemum, Issa's Untidy Hut, moongarlic E-zine, Presence, and Under the Basho. He also writes articles in French about etymology and everyday expressions: http://olivierschopferracontelesmots.blog.24heures.ch/
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2 comments:

  1. Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐May 5, 2015 at 7:02 AM

    A lively sense of awe and wonder is well conveyed through vivid body language.

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  2. AnonymousMay 5, 2015 at 5:13 PM

    This is so sweet - as if the kids can get a little bit closer by standing on tiptoe! :)

    marion

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