Saturday, February 17, 2018

Butterfly Dream: Neighborhood Gossip Haiku by Elliot Nicely

English Original

neighborhood gossip
from blossom to blossom
honey bees

Moonset, 4:1, 2008

Elliot Nicely


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

鄰里八卦
從一朵花到另一朵
一群蜜蜂

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

邻里八卦
从一朵花到另一朵
一群蜜蜂 


Bio Sketch

Elliot Nicely is the author of Tangled Shadows: Senryu and Haiku (Rosenberry Books) and resides in Lakewood, Ohio.

1 comment:

  1. The contrast (someone spreading gossip from household to household vs the bees gathering nectar from blossom to blossom) between the two parts of the poem is fresh and interesting, and it effectively enhances the "hai" (comic) aspect of the poem.

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