mountain retreat ...
only fireflies
and shooting stars
Elizabeth Nicholls
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
山區退修 ...
只有螢火蟲
和流星
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
山区退修 ...
只有萤火蟲
和流星
Bio Sketch
Elizabeth Nicholls lives on the shore of the Indian Ocean in
Perth, Western
Australia. She spends many hours walking along the rugged coastline
and composing haiku in her head whilst keeping a lookout for dolphins and ocean
birds. Elizabeth has been writing haiku for about
seven years.
There is a tonal difference between Elizabeth's haiku and the following poem:
ReplyDeletemountain retreat ...
fireflies
and shooting stars
The use of "only" reveals something about the narrator's state of mood/mind.