Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Butterfly Dream: Tree and Leaves Haiku by Fay Aoyagi

English Original

ghosting each other
           a tree
    and its leaves

Frogpond, 46:2, 2023

Fay Aoyagi


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

互相糾纏在一起
        一顆樹
    和它的葉子

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

互相纠缠在一起
        一颗树
    和它的叶子
 
 
Bio Sketch

Fay Aoyagi (青柳飛)was born in Tokyo and immigrated to the U.S. in 1982. She is currently a member of Haiku Society of America and Haiku Poets of Northern California. She serves as an associate editor of The Heron's Nest.  She also writes in Japanese and belongs to two Japanese haiku groups; Ten'I (天為) and "Aki"(秋), and  she is a member of Haijin Kyokai (俳人協会).

1 comment:

  1. Fay's haiku effectively builds, line by line, to convey a sense of disquiet through this eerie image of a tree and its leaves twisted together.

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