English Original
mammography ...
the blackened core
of an apple
Chrysanthemum, 27, 2020
Carmela Marino
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
乳房攝影術 ...
變黑
的蘋果核
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
乳房摄影术 ...
变黑
的苹果核
Bio Sketch
Carmela Marino was born in 1980 in Sacco Salerno, and has been living in Rome since 2005. She is married and a full-time mother. She started writing during frequent hospitalizations of her second-child Daniele with Down's syndrome. Writing haiku is a therapy for her. Her haiku have been published in Akita International Haiku Network, Bones, Chrysanthemum, Failed haiku, and many other online journals and blogs.
L1, "mammography" (not a "mammogram," an X-ray picture of the breast), sets the theme and mood while the upsetting image of L2&3 could function as a foreshadowing of diagnosis.
ReplyDeleteWhat's left unsaid is at least as potent as what's said.
The following haiku could be read as a sequel to Carmela's:
Deletemammogram waiting room
she rips a page
from a magazine
Haiku North America, 2001
Carolyn Hall