Butterfly Dream: Dragonfly's Wing Haiku by H. Gene Murtha

English Original

day moon
                   the blue
in a dragonfly’s wing

Biding Time: Selected Poems 2001-2013

H. Gene Murtha


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

白天的月亮
                  藍色斑點
在一隻蜻蜓的翅膀上

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

白天的月亮
                  蓝色斑点
在一只蜻蜓的翅膀上


Bio Sketch

H. Gene Murtha, a naturalist and poet, sponsored and judged the first haiku contest for the inner city children of Camden, NJ., for the Virgilio Group, of which he was a lifetime member. He was widely published for his work in haikai literature from the USA to Japan.