Monday, January 29, 2018

Butterfly Dream: Pelican Haiku by Debbie Strange

English Original

cloudless sky
a pelican’s pouch
full of light

Editors' Choices, The Heron’s Nest, 18:2, June 2016

Debbie Strange


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

無雲的天空
一個鵜鶘的喉囊
充滿陽光

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

无云的天空
一个鹈鹕的喉囊
充满阳光 


Bio Sketch

Debbie Strange is an award-winning Canadian short form poet, haiga artist, and photographer. Keibooks released her full-length poetry collection, Warp and Weft: Tanka Threads in 2015, and Folded Word published her haiku chapbook, A Year Unfolding in 2017. An archive of publications may be accessed at www.debbiemstrange.blogspot.ca.

1 comment:

  1. A moment is keenly captured in Debbie's pelican haiku through the cinematic aerial shot technique, and Ls 2&3 leave enough room for reader's engagement.

    This fine poem reminds me the following haiku:

    spring skies
    even the crow's caw
    full of light

    NeverEnding Story, April 16, 2015

    Kris Lindbeck

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