Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Butterfly Dream: Chicken Hawk Haiku by Anna Cates

English Original

morning mist
a chicken hawk tastes
the shoreline

Anna Cates


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

晨霧
一隻雞鷹試飛
海岸線

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

晨雾
一只鸡鹰试飞
海岸线


Bio Sketch

Anna Cates lives in Ohio with her two cats and teaches English and education online.  One hundred of her short form poems appear in the Living Haiku Anthology.

1 comment:

  1. L1 sets the scene while Anna's verb choice in L2 and the unexpected yet visually appealing L3 enhance the emotionally suggestive power of this shasei haiku.

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