English Original
frost on the grass
the slippery slope
of old friendships
Under the Basho, 2017
Madhuri Pillai
the slippery slope
of old friendships
Under the Basho, 2017
Madhuri Pillai
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
草地上的霜
舊情誼
正在走下坡
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
草地上的霜
旧情谊
正在走下坡
Bio Sketch
Madhuri Pillai lives in Melbourne, she enjoys writing haiku, tanka and cherita. Her work has been published in various journals. Madhuri is also very interested in animal welfare issues.
The jux. of the two parts of Madhuri's haiku effectively establishes an implicit simile for friendships in decline.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of the following remark:
Do not allow grass to grow on the road of friendship.
-- Marie Therese Rodet Geoffrin