Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Butterfly Dream: Family Dispute Haiku by Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

English Original

family dispute
foxtail outgrows
the farmhouse

Failed Haiku, 2:33, 2018

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

家庭糾紛
狐尾草長到超出
農舍以外

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

家庭纠纷
狐尾草长到超出
农舍以外


Bio Sketch

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, a Master Black Belt in Six Sigma, is currently working in a pharma company as Head of Operational Excellence. He lives in Hyderabad, India. His haiku are regularly published in all leading haiku journals. He won a honorable mention in Irish Haiku Society Haiku Contest 2017 and  a honorable mention in Betty Drevniok Haiku awards 2018.

2 comments:

  1. L1 sets the theme and mood while the troublesome image of Ls 2&3 implies the state of family feud.

    What's left unsaid is at least as potent as what's written.

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  2. So much is left unsaid in moments like these. I like how much you stepped away from the argument and then maybe the argument was about the overgrown foxtails and they need thinning out; painting a different picture.

    hj James...

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