twilight
a flock of starlings turning
turning back
A Hundred Gourds, 5:3, 2016
Ben Moeller-Gaa
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
薄暮
一群椋鳥轉身
回頭
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
薄暮
一群椋鸟转身
回头
Bio Sketch
Ben Moeller-Gaa is a haiku poet and a contributing poetry editor to River Styx. He is the author of two haiku chapbooks, Wasp Shadows (Folded Word 2014) and Blowing on a Hot Soup Spoon (poor metaphor design 2014). You can find more on Ben online at www.benmoellergaa.com
Ben effectively employs the technique of repetition to faithfully capture the shifting movement of starlings.
ReplyDeleteSee, "amazing starlings murmuration," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmO4Ellgmd0