Monday, September 4, 2017

Butterfly Dream: Wolf Moon Haiku by Martha Magenta

English Original

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/

2 comments:

  1. 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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    1. Thank you Chen-ou Lui for your comment and for publishing my haiku!

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