English Original
training bra
on the clothesline
half moon
George Swede
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
實習胸罩
掛在晾衣繩上
半月
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
实习胸罩
挂在晾衣绳上
半月
Bio Sketch
George Swede's most recent collections of haiku are Almost Unseen (Decatur, IL: Brooks Books, 2000), Joy In Me Still (Edmonton: Inkling Press, 2010) and micro haiku: three to nine syllables (Inspress, 2014). He is a former editor of Frogpond: Journal of the Haiku Society of America (2008-2012) and a former Honorary Curator of the American Haiku Archives (2008-2009).
Ls 1&2 indicate a time of changes for how a teenaged family member thinks, feels, and interacts with others, and most importantly, how her body grows. And the image of a "half moon" of L3 symbolically and emotionally resonates well with the developmental stage implied from L1, "training bra."
ReplyDeleteFYI: "How the Lunar Cycle Affects Women," Marie Albiges, "Health Journal," September 26, 2016, accessed at https://www.thehealthjournals.com/lunar-cycle-affects-women/
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