Saturday, May 19, 2018

Butterfly Dream: First Laugh Haiku by Lee Nash

English Original

first laugh
I can hear my daughter
dreaming

Asahi Haikuist Network, May 5, 2017

Lee Nash


Chinese Translation (Traditional)
   
首次的微笑
我可以聽到我的女兒
在做夢

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

首次的微笑
我可以听到我的女儿
在做梦


Bio Sketch

Lee Nash lives in France and freelances as an editor and proofreader. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in print and online journals including Acorn, Ambit, Angle, Mezzo Cammin, Orbis, Poetry Salzburg Review, Presence, and The World Haiku Review. You can find out more from her website.

1 comment:

  1. The unexpected yet thematically significant and emotionally powerful last line (/word strong enough to work on a line by itself) lifts this heartwarming haiku out of the ordinary.

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