wolf moon
yesterday’s shadows
dog my steps
Failed Haiku, 1:9, September 2016
Martha Magenta
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
狼月
昨天的陰影
仍尾隨我
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
狼月
昨天的阴影
仍尾随我
Bio Sketch
Martha Magenta lives in Bristol, England, UK. Her poetry, haiku, senryu and tanka have appeared in a number of journals, magazines and anthologies. She was awarded an Honourable Mention for her haiku in The Fifth Annual Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards, 2017. She collects her published work on a blog: https://marthamagenta.com/
Combined with an impactful verb, "dog," the unusual yet visually and psychologically powerful juxtaposition of 'wolf moon" and "yesterday's shadows" lifts this minimalist haiku up a notch.
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