Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Butterfly Dream: Hawk Haiku by Nancy Nitrio

English Original

lazy afternoon --
the hawk
drifting in circles                     

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine, 2009

Nancy Nitrio


Chinese Translation (Traditional)


慵懶的午後 --
一隻老鷹
在天空中繞圈子

Chinese Translation (Simplified)


慵懒的午後 --
一只老鹰
在天空中绕圈子


Bio Sketch

Nancy Nitrio began writing haiku in 2007.  Her haiku has been published in various paper and online journal here in the USA and internationally. She has placed second in May 2009 Shiki Monthly Kukai.  She was runner-up in the Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Contest 2009 and Honorable Mention in the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2010. She lives in the Sacramento Valley region of central California with her husband of 44 years and five cats. She also enjoys the practice of Ikebana and origami.

1 comment:

  1. Atmospherically speaking, Nancy's well-chosen verb in L3 that provides a scent link (in Basho's sense of the phrase) to L1 lifts the poem out of the ordinary.

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