still fragile
out of the chrysalis
out of rehab
Scattered Acorns, 2014
Gregory Longenecker
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
仍然虛弱
離開了蛹
離開了復健
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
仍然虚弱
离开了蛹
离开了复健
Bio Sketch
Gregory Longenecker’s work has appeared in numerous publications in the United States and abroad and was featured in A New Resonance, 9 by
Red Moon Press. Two editions of the Red Moon Anthologies of
English-language haiku have carried his work (2013 & 2014) and
Modern Haiku Press, Haiku 2014 and Haiku 2016, as well. Currently on the editorial staff of the Living Haiku Anthology Gregory was a co-judge in the Haiku Society of America’s 2016 Haibun Contest.
L1 sets the thematic and emotional context for the poem while through the technique of syntactic parallelism, a simile is effectively established that enhances the theme.
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