Butterfly Dream: Trout River Haiku by George Swede

English Original

trout river
my shadow
has gills

micro haiku: three to nine syllables, 2014

George Swede


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

鱒魚河
我的影子
有鰓

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

鳟鱼河
我的影子
有鳃


Bio Sketch

George Swede's most recent collections of haiku are Almost Unseen (Decatur, IL: Brooks Books, 2000), Joy In Me Still (Edmonton: Inkling Press, 2010) and micro haiku: three to nine syllables (Inspress, 2014). He is a former editor of Frogpond: Journal of the Haiku Society of America (2008-2012) and a former Honorary Curator of the American Haiku Archives (2008-2009).