English Original
full moon hike
my guide
just a shadow
Barico
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
滿月徒步健行
我的嚮導
只是一個影子
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
满月徒步健行
我的向导
只是一个影子
Bio Sketch
Barico is a writer, editor and poet who lives in Bergen County, New Jersey.
Barico's haiku effectively builds line by line to an unexpected yet visually and emotionally evocative ending that reveals the theme of "hiking alone under the moon" (allusive to Li Bai's "drinking alone under the moon").
ReplyDeleteAnd it might be interesting to do a comparative reading of the following haiku:
wilderness trail
he wanders off the edge
of his map
Frogpond, 38:3, Fall 2015
Dave Read