summer rain --
a young girl barefoot
singing
Honorable Mention, 2017 Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest
Natalia Kuznetsova
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
夏雨 --
一位赤腳的年輕女孩
高聲歌唱
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
夏雨 --
一位赤脚的年轻女孩
高声歌 唱
Bio Sketch
Living
in Moscow, Russia, Natalia Kuznetsova is an assistant professor of
English and freelance interpreter. Before discovering the haiku world,
she wrote poetry in Russian. She started writing tanka and mostly haiku
in English several years ago, and participated in numerous competitions
worldwide and won some awards. She now contributes regularly to World Haiku Review, Mainichi Daily, Asahi Haikuist Network, Shiki Kukai
and other traditional and on-line publications. She was included on the
list of "European Top 100 Most Creative Haiku Authors" from 2010 to 2013.
A sense of youthful vitality is effectively conveyed through this multisensory, energetic juxtaposition of L1 and L3.
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