Friday, December 20, 2019

Butterfly Dream: Drifting Evensong Haiku by Kirsten Cliff Elliot

English Original

drifting evensong
pine needles cloistered
in fresh snow

5th Place, 2013 NZPS International Haiku Competition

Kirsten Cliff Elliot


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

飄蕩的晚禱歌
隱蔽在新雪中
的松針

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

飘荡的晚祷歌
隐蔽在新雪中
的松针


Bio Sketch

Kirsten Cliff Elliot is a New Zealand poet and writer. She works in a high school library and is studying towards a BA in Information and Library Studies. Together with her husband, she blogs at Help! My husband has Asperger’s: Our life on the spectrum’s edge.

1 comment:

  1. A serene winter scene is beautifully sketched in Kirsten's evocative haiku infused with religious and symbolic significance.

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