Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Butterfly Dream: Killing Fields Haiku by Helen Buckingham

English Original

killing fields the god whisperer

Bones,6, March 2015

Helen Buckingham


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

殺戮戰場神靈耳語者

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

杀戮战场神灵耳语者


Bio Sketch

Helen Buckingham lives in Wells, England. Her work has been placed in awards, journals and anthologies throughout the world, among the latter: Haiku in English: the first hundred years (Norton, 2013). Her collections include water on the moon (Original Plus, 2010) and Armadillo Basket (Waterloo Press, 2011).

1 comment:

  1. The quick pace of a one-liner and the thematically and emotionally contrasting juxtaposition of "killing fields" and the "God whisperer" successfully open up an interpretative space for the reader's engagement.

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