Monday, January 22, 2024

Butterfly Dream: Drought Moon Haiku by Chuck Brickley

English Original

drought moon
another tear
in the window screen


Chuck Brickley


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

旱月
紗窗上另一處
的裂縫

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

旱月
纱窗上另一处
的裂缝


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

1 comment:

  1. Matter-of-the-fact Ls 2&3 reveal the serious drought conditions, "dryness and high temperature," described in visually and emotionally poignant L1.

    This is a fine example of understated shasei (sketch from life) haiku.

    And the following haiku cound be read as a sequel to Chuck"s:

    kids press noses
    into grandma’s screen door
    the smell of rain

    NeverEnding Story, Jan. 20 2024

    Randy Brooks

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