Thursday, July 28, 2016

Butterfly Dream: Pink Hair Haiku by Lesley Anne Swanson

English Original

that girl with the pink hair
flirting again --
cherry blossoms

Runner-Up, 2015 Haiku Calendar Competition

Lesley Anne Swanson


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

那個粉紅色的頭髮女孩
再一次調情 --
櫻花盛開

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

那个粉红色的头髮女孩
再一次调情 --
樱花盛开 


Bio Sketch

Lesley Anne Swanson has lived in Northern California, the Southwest, and the Pacific Northwest, but now calls Pennsylvania home.  Always a wordsmith, she discovered tanka in 2011 and has been enthralled ever since. 

1 comment:

  1. Two types of beauty are well contrasted through the visually and emotionally resonant juxtaposition of images of a pink-haired girl and cherry blossoms.

    Lesley's sensual haiku reminds me one of my haiku about cherry blossoms:

    fleeting glimpses
    between cherry blossoms
    a girl's sunny face

    Haiku of Merit, World Haiku Review, Summer 2016

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