Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Butterfly Dream: Glassy Lake Haiku by Debbie Strange

English Original

glassy lake
flocks of snow geese
pull up the moon

First Place, 2017 Autumn Moon Haiku Contest

Debbie Strange


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

明淨的湖泊
成群高飛的雪雁
拉起了月亮

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

明净的湖泊
成群高飞的雪雁
拉起了月亮


Bio Sketch

Debbie Strange is an award-winning Canadian short form poet, haiga artist, and photographer. Keibooks released her second full-length poetry collection, Three-Part Harmony: Tanka Verses, in 2018, and Folded Word published her haiku chapbook, A Year Unfolding, in 2017. An archive of publications may be accessed at http://debbiemstrange.blogspot.com/

1 comment:

  1. ...Many haiku have been written about the effect of moonlight and the moon's reflection. This haiku is unique and highly poetic in its expression...

    --excerpted from the judge's commentary, accessed at https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/autumn-moon-haiku-contest-2017

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