Thursday, January 28, 2016

Butterfly Dream: Seahawk Haiku by H. Gene Murtha

English Original

twilight
a seahawk sinks
into the sound

Biding Time: Selected Poems 2001-2013

H. Gene Murtha


Chinese Translation (Traditional)
  
黃昏
一隻海鷹沉入
在聲音中

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

黄昏
一只海鹰沉入
在声音中


Bio Sketch

H. Gene Murtha, a naturalist and poet, sponsored and judged the first haiku contest for the inner city children of Camden, NJ., for the Virgilio Group, of which he was a lifetime member. He was widely published for his work in haikai literature from the USA to Japan.

1 comment:

  1. The fusion of visual and auditory images lifts the poem up a notch. Gene's well-crafted haiku reminds me of Basho's synesthetic haiku:

    The sea darkens
    the voices of the wild ducks
    are faintly white

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