Butterfly Dream: Unexpected Pregnancy Haiku by Fay Aoyagi

English Original

unexpected pregnancy
she spits out
watermelon seeds

Chrysanthemum Love, 2003

Fay Aoyagi


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

意外懷孕
她用力吐出
西瓜種子

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

意外怀孕
她用力吐出
西瓜种子


Bio Sketch

Fay Aoyagi （青柳飛）was born in Tokyo and immigrated to the U.S. in 1982. She is currently a member of Haiku Society of America and Haiku Poets of Northern California. She serves as an associate editor of The Heron's Nest.  She also writes in Japanese and belongs to two Japanese haiku groups; Ten'I (天為) and "Aki"（秋), and  she is a member of Haijin Kyokai (俳人協会).