the holes in my thoughts fill with stars
micro haiku: three to nine syllables, 2014
George Swede
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
我思想的漏洞填滿星星
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
我思想的漏洞填满星星
Bio Sketch
George Swede's most recent collections of haiku are Almost Unseen (Decatur, IL: Brooks Books, 2000), Joy In Me Still (Edmonton: Inkling Press, 2010) and micro haiku: three to nine syllables (Inspress, 2014). He is a former editor of Frogpond: Journal of the Haiku Society of America (2008-2012) and a former Honorary Curator of the American Haiku Archives (2008-2009).
Combined with the pace of a one-liner, the unexpected yet powerful closing word, "stars," holds the surprise and tension of the poem, creating the type of ambiguity/an interpretative space that invites the reader to participate in the process of constructing meaning.
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