solar eclipse
an American crow
caws in the woods
Hifsa Ashraf
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
日食
一隻美國烏鴉
在樹林裡啼哭
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
日食
一只美国乌鸦
在树林里啼哭
Bio Sketch
Hifsa Ashraf is from Pakistan. She is a lecturer and HR consultant by profession. She writes short stories, columns, and poetry in different languages. Her poetry has been published in various online journals. Her short stories have been published in a UK-based English magazine.
The juxtaposition of "solar eclipse" and "American crow" (the ink-dark harbinger of ill fortune) is visually and symbolically effective.
ReplyDeleteAnd an "American" crow works well with the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, an unusual phenomenon that only Americans were able to see.