Saturday, October 17, 2020

Butterfly Dream: Hilltop Abbey Haiku by Tim Gardiner

English Original

hilltop abbey
a midsummer mass
of fireflies

Acorn, 40, 2018

Tim Gardiner


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

山頂修道院
仲夏夜一大群
的螢火蟲

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

山顶温泉
仲夏夜一大群
的萤火虫


Bio Sketch

Dr Tim Gardiner is an ecologist, poet and children's author from Manningtree in Essex, UK. His haiku have been published  in literary magazines including Frogpond, Modern Haiku and The Heron's Nest. His first collection of haiku, On the Edge, was published by Brambleby Books in 2017 while his first haibun collection, The Flintknapper's Ghost, was released by Alba Publishing in 2018. 

4 comments:

  1. L1 sketches a reclusive scene while the misdirection in L2 makes this midsummer haiku spiritually evocative.

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    1. I might be interesting to do a comparative reading of my non-religious/spiritual haiku below:

      the length
      of our silence ...
      hill-top moon

      The Heron's Nest, 19:3, September 2017

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    2. thanks Chen-ou, interesting comments!

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    3. love your hill-top moon too, it goes well with the abbey, strong imagery

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