deep in the cave
I turn off my lamp and listen
to the darkness
Earth, 2010 British Haiku Society Anthology
Mark Gilbert
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
進入山洞深處
我關掉燈並傾聽
黑暗
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
进入山洞深处
我关掉灯并倾听
黑暗
Bio Sketch
Mark Gilbert is based in the UK and has been writing haiku for over 20 years. Examples of his work may be found in the journals Presence, Sonic Boom, Bamboo Hut and Failed Haiku. Mark spent some of his childhood in the US and this continues to influence his writing.
juxtaposed with the cave setting, the unexpected yet thematically important last line effectively adds symbolic significance and philosophical depth to the poem.
ReplyDeleteMark's haiku could be read as a counterexample to Plato's "cave allegory."