patches of fog
forgotten names
of former lovers
Fri Haiku, Spring, 2011
Nika
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
一片片薄霧
被遺忘前任戀人們
的名字
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
一片片薄雾
被遗忘前任恋人们
的名字
Bio Sketch
Nika is the pen name of retired educator Jim Force. He currently writes with The Heron’s Quill in Victoria where he is a member of Haiku Arbutus. His haiku have been widely published in magazines and anthologies. He has published two chapbooks: frogs singing (1993) and snail my friend (2015).
The visually and emotionally resonant juxtaposition of "patches of fog" and "forgotten names of former lovers" lifts the haiku out of the ordinary, revealing something significant about the narrator's state of mind or personality trait (of being emotionally insincere)
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