Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Butterfly Dream: Mini Skirt Haiku by Nikolay Grankin

English Original

mini skirt
the pursed lips
of an old lady

Cattails, October, 2018

Nikolay Grankin


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

迷你裙
一位老太太
皺起的嘴唇

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

迷你裙
一位老太太
皱起的嘴唇


Bio Sketch

Nikolay Grankin lives in the South of Russia. He has been writing haiku for about ten years, two of them in English. His haiku have been published in some online and print journals in both Russian and English.

1 comment:

  1. L1 sketches a seductive scene while Ls 2&3 reveal age differences in values through concrete and evocative imagery.

    Thematically speaking, this haiku reminds me of another poem about age differences in values:

    a young thing
    at the cosmetics counter
    gives me advice ...
    I need cream for my wrinkles
    she needs age for her wisdom

    The Right Touch of Sun: TSA Anthology, 2017

    Keitha Keyes

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