Friday, August 11, 2017

Butterfly Dream: Rocky Ledge Haiku by Debbie Strange

English Original

rocky ledge
a wolf with the moon
in its mouth

Third Place, 7th International Haiku Competition, 2015

Debbie Strange


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

峭壁突出的岩架
一隻狼和月亮
在它的嘴裡

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

峭壁突出的岩架
一只狼和月亮
在它的嘴里


Bio Sketch

Debbie Strange is a widely published Canadian short form poet and haiga artist. You are invited to visit an archive of her work at www.debbiemstrange.blogspot.ca and www.twitter.com/Debbie_Strange. Keibooks recently released her first collection, Warp and Weft, Tanka Threads, available through www.createspace.com/5520311 and at www.amazon.ca among others.

1 comment:

  1. Combined with the zoom-out technique, the unexpected yet visually powerful last line lifts this imagistic haiku up a notch.

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