Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Butterfly Dream: Bridges of Light Haiku by Jo Balistreri

English Original

late afternoon
mangrove to mangrove
into bridges of light

Presence, 70, 2021

Jo Balistreri

 
Chinese Translation (Traditional)

下午晚些時候
從紅樹林到紅樹林
進入光之橋

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

下午晚些时候
从红树林到红树林
进入光之桥


Bio Sketch

Jo Balistreri enjoys the process of writing and carries her notebook everywhere. Zoom too has been a wonderful way to communicate with other poets. She was honored in A New Resonance 12, 2021. She also received an honorable mention in the Gene Murtha Memorial Contest, 2021. 

1 comment:

  1. Unexpected yet visually evocative L3 makes this shasei haiku about tropical wetland trees along the shortline in the late afternoon sunlight, which is soft and warm, emotionally effective.

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