Butterfly Dream: After Dark Haiku by Dave Read

English Original

rustling leaves
the sound of children
after dark

Wild Plum, Fall 2016

Dave Read


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

樹葉沙沙作響
天黑後一群孩子們
的聲音

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

树叶沙沙作响
天黑后一群孩子们
的声音


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.