Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Butterfly Dream: Funeral Haiku by Mike Gallagher

English Original

after the funeral
a family gathering
hatchets buried

Mike Gallagher


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

葬禮後
全家聚集
和解
   
Chinese Translation (Simplified)

葬礼後
全家聚集
和解


Bio Sketch

Mike Gallagher, an Irish poet, has been published and translated worldwide. He won the Michael Hartnett Viva Voce award in 2010 and 2016, the Desmond O'Grady International award in 2012 and was shortlisted for the Hennessy award in 2011.His collection, Stick on Stone, is published by Revival Press.

1 comment:

  1. The symbolically rich last line lifts the poem out of the ordinary. And this heartfelt haiku reminds me of the following haiku on the same topic with a different ending:

    funeral home feeling nothing about feeling nothing

    Modern Haiku, 43.2, Summer 2012

    John McManus

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