English Original
outer suburb
the length of a dog’s
weekday voice
Editor’s Choice, cattails, January 2016
Jan Dobb
outer suburb
the length of a dog’s
weekday voice
Editor’s Choice, cattails, January 2016
Jan Dobb
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
市郊區
一隻狗平日號叫聲
的持續時間
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
市郊区
一只狗平日号叫声
的持续时间
Bio Sketch
Jan
Dobb lives in Canberra, Australia. She has published three family
history narratives, and her short stories have had some success in
publication and competition. Since 2010 however Jan has been captivated
by the magic of haiku.
...this Editor’s Choice haiku shows us how to “show” and not “tell”. The length of a dog’s voice being different leads one to assume that it is because the dog’s master is not home on weekdays. A strong sound haiku nicely written given the dog two juxtaposed voices, depending on circumstance...
ReplyDelete--excerpted from commentary by cattails principal editor an’ya, which can be accessed at http://www.unitedhaikuandtankasociety.com/haiku161=EC.html