Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Butterfly Dream: Solar Eclipse Haiku by Devin Harrison

English Original

solar eclipse
a cloud of bats rises
up from the well

Cattails, May 15, 2016

Devin Harrison


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

日食
一大群蝙蝠從井裡
飛出來

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

日食
一大群蝙蝠从井里
飞出来


Bio Sketch

Devin Harrison lives on Vancouver Island, British Columbia where he practices a minimalist lifestyle and spends time following trails through parts of the rain forest.  He is a winner of the Akita International Haiku Award, Japan

1 comment:

  1. Juxtaposed with the visually gloomy and psychologically disturbing image of "solar eclipse" (a time of darkness), this black cloud of bats effectively deepens the dark mood of Devin's noir haiku.

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