Saturday, March 9, 2019

Butterfly Dream: Power Cut Haiku by Kanchan Chatterjee

English Original

power cut ...
a firefly settles
on my iPhone

Kanchan Chatterjee


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

停電 ...
一隻螢火蟲停歇
在我的蘋果手機上

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

停电......
一只萤火虫停歇
在我的苹果手机上 


Bio Sketch

Kanchan Chatterjee is a Customs Officer from India. He started writing haiku in 2012. Some of his works have been published in NHK Haiku Masters, Frogpond, Under the Basho and NeverEnding Story, The Maionichi, Asahi Haikuist Network, 9th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest and various other online haiku journals. He is one of the winners in the 2017  ETO EN Oi Ocha Nrw Haiku Contest.

1 comment:

  1. The opening line sets the theme while the unexpected yet visually evocative last line makes this haiku emotionally effective.

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