English Original
Chuck Brickley
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
覆蓋小巷的霜
他睡覺的地方
排除在外
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
覆盖小巷的霜
他睡觉的地方
排除在外
Bio Sketch
A native San Franciscan, Chuck Brickley lived in rural British Columbia for 35 years. His book of haiku, earthshine, won the THF Touchstone Award for Distinguished Books 2017; the HSA Merit Book Award 2017, Honorable Mention; and the inaugural Marianne Bluger Book Award 2020, Honourable Mention. His haibun,“Is Where The Car Is," was nominated for a Pushcart Prize 2018, and another haibun, "A Banishing," received a Sonders Best Small Fiction Award nomination, 2019
Homelessness is a heart-breaking reality in my two home cities, San Francisco and Vancouver, B.C. Difficult to write about without being sentimental. Note the rhyme. Haiku is literature, and all the techniques of English language poetry are available in haiku, if used judiciously, and for a reason. I view this haiku as being akin to Hemingway’s six-word story... excerpted from Chuck Brickley's "New to Haiku: Advice for Beginners," https://thehaikufoundation.org/new-to-haiku-advice-for-beginners-chuck-brickley/
ReplyDeleteFore more about Earthshine, see "A Poet's Roving Thoughts: Rivertown Poets Interview with Chuck Brickley," https://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-poets-roving-thoughts-rivertown-poets.html
The buildup to the last line is thematically significant and visually and emotionally poignant.
A fine example of the use of twist/surprise ending. For more examples, , see "To the Lighthouse: Twist/Surprise Ending," https://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2021/06/to-lighthouse-twistsurprise-ending.html