Monday, October 30, 2017

Butterfly Dream: Autumn Dawn Haiku by Marietta Jane McGregor

English Original

autumn dawn --
sheepdogs bark the fog
off the sun

The Heron's Nest, 17:3, September 2015

Marietta Jane McGregor


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

秋天的黎明 --
一群牧羊犬對著大霧咆哮
使它離開太陽

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

秋天的黎明 --
一群牧羊犬对著大雾咆哮
使它离开太阳 


Bio Sketch

Marietta Jane McGregor is a Canberra-based botanist and journalist who has pursued varied careers in research and science communication at Australian universities and the CSIRO. Having spent much of her life trying to explain things, Marietta now tries to let them explain themselves through an early love, haiku.
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2 comments:

  1. Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐October 30, 2017 at 8:06 AM

    L1 sets the seasonal context while the freshly captivating image of "sheepdogs bark[ing] the fog/off the sun" in Ls 2&3 enhances the emotionally suggestive power of the poem

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  2. seaviewwarrenpointOctober 30, 2017 at 9:52 AM

    I can just imagine the sound of that barking, nice use of sound and unexpected imagery.

    marion

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