Thursday, September 28, 2023

Butterfly Dream: Crowded Cafe Haiku by Bob Lucky

English Original

crowded café
a fly goes in and out
of our conversation                            

tinywords, 20:2, 1 Dec 2020

Bob Lucky           


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

擁擠的咖啡館
在我們交談的期間
一隻蒼蠅飛進飛出

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

拥挤的咖啡馆
在我们交谈的期间
一只苍蝇飞进飞出


Bio Sketch

Bob Lucky is the author of Ethiopian Time (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2014), Conversation Starters in a Language No One Speaks (SurVision Books, 2018), My Thology: Not Always True But Always Truth (Cyberwit, 2019), and the e-chapbook What I Say to You (proletaria.org, 2020). He lives in Portugal.

1 comment:

  1. L1 sets the scene while lighthearted Ls 2&3 give the reader :-).

    A relatable, Issa-esque haiku!

    And it might be interesting to do a thematic comparative reading of my haiku below:

    summer cottage
    after killing the last fly
    I am alone

    Failed Haiku, 2:16, 2017

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