Friday, August 18, 2017

Butterfly Dream: New Moon Haiku by Tom Sacramona

English Original

barefoot
black with berries
the new moon

Selected Haiku, 2016 Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest

Tom Sacramona


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

赤腳
玷染了黑色漿果
新月

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

赤脚
玷染了黑色浆果
新月


Bio Sketch

Tom Sacramona (b. 1992) has worked as both an editor and English teacher. The Blackstone River Valley of Massachusetts is his natural habitat and where he finds inspiration for his poetry. He enjoys hiking in the mountains of New Hampshire.

1 comment:

  1. The visually and emotionally resonant juxtaposition lifts the poem out of the ordinary and on a second reading, the image of a new moon effectively carries symbolic significance.

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