English Original
funeral sermon --
the slide show
fades to blue
Wordless, 2017
kjmunro
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
葬禮講道 --
幻燈片的展示逐漸消失
變成一片藍
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
葬礼讲道 --
幻灯片的展示逐渐消失
变成一片蓝
Bio Sketch
Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, kjmunro moved to the Yukon Territory in 1991. She is Membership Secretary for Haiku Canada & a member of the League of Canadian Poets. Her debut poetry collection is contractions (Red Moon Press, 2019).
L1 sets the theme and mood while unexpected yet visually and emotionally evocative L3 adds symbolic significance and psychological depth to the haiku.
ReplyDeleteThe following two haiku could be read as sequels to kjmunro's:
Deletefuneral speech
i put down my sorrows
in a haiku
Caleb Mutua
after the funeral ...
colors of the rainbow
muted by dusk
Rebecca Drouilhet