Thursday, April 23, 2020

Butterfly Dream: Signpost Haiku by Naomi Beth Wakan

English Original

the signpost
knocked over by the wind ...
our road points to heaven

Poetry That Heals, 2018

Naomi Beth Wakan


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

路標
被大風吹倒了 ...
我們的道路指向天堂

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

路标
被大风吹倒了...
我们的道路指向天堂 


Bio Sketch

Naomi Beth Wakan is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Nanaimo (2013). She has published over 50 books. Her poetry books include Sex after 70 and other poems and And After 80… (both from Bevalia Press) and Bent Arm for a Pillow (Pacific-Rim Publishers). Naomi is a member of The League of Canadian Poets, Haiku Canada and Tanka Canada and is the Inaugural Honorary Ambassador for the BC Federation of Writers. She lives on Gabriola Island with her husband, the sculptor, Elias Wakan. www.naomiwakan.com

1 comment:

  1. Ls 1&2 depict a violent windy scene while the shift, thematic and emotional, in L3 effectively enhances the "hai" aspect of this signpost haiku about the/our "road to the heaven," (which is narrow ;) ).

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