Thursday, August 16, 2018

Butterfly Dream: Last Light Haiku by Dietmar Tauchner

English Original

last light the scent of lilac             long after

Honorable Mention, 2017 Wild Plum Contest

Dietmar Tauchner  


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

最後一道陽光很久以後      丁香的氣味

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

最后一道阳光很久以后      丁香的气味


Bio Sketch

Dietmar Tauchner, born in 1972 in Austria, lives & works in Puchberg & Vienna, as a social-worker / counselor, author and lover. His work has been published in various magazines & anthologies worldwide. He received some awards, as the Taisho (Grand Prize) at the International Kusamakura Haiku Competition in Kumamoto, Japan, in 2013; and received the Second Place for Noise of Our Origin (Red Moon Press, Winchester, 2013) at the 2014 HSA Mildred Kanterman Merit Book Awards

1 comment:

  1. The quick pace of a one-liner works well to convey the transient moment of last light tinted with the scent of lilac, and Dietmar's use of blank space successfully slows down the pace to create the lingering effects of lilac fragrance on the reader's mood and emotions.

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