Saturday, November 17, 2018

Butterfly Dream: Mountain Lake Haiku by Dave Read

English Original

mountain lake
the pull of oars
on starlight

cattails, May 2016

Dave Read


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

高山湖泊
船槳在反照的湖面星光
划動

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

高山湖泊
船桨在反照的湖面星光
划动


Bio Sketch

Dave Read is a Canadian poet living in Calgary.  He writes short poems with an emphasis on the Japanese genres of haiku, senryu, tanka, and haibun.  His work has been published in many journals, including dust devils: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2016.  You can visit his blog, davereadpoetry.blogspot.ca.

2 comments:

  1. A contemplative moment of nature's beauty is keenly captured in this imagistic haiku, which is highly poetic in its expression.

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  2. Dear David,

    What an interesting reflection. Congratulations on being published in Chen-ou's wonderful journal.

    Blessings,
    Karen

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