Sunday, January 28, 2024

Butterfly Dream: Latte Haiku by Ernest J. Berry

English Original

late again 
the thickening skin 
on her latte

getting on, 2021

Ernest J. Berry


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

又遲到了
她的拿鐵咖啡上
增厚的泡沫皮

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

又迟到了
她的拿铁咖啡上
增厚的泡沫皮


Bio Sketch

Ernest J. Berry was born in 1929 in Christchurch, New Zealand. After a decade of shepherding, he spent several years in business before retiring to a beach in Mexico where he rediscovered his boyhood love of poetry. He un-retired in 1993 and settled in Picton. After founding Picton Poets in 1994, he started teaching haiku in workshops, secondary schools  and haiku meetings. Two of his haiku books were honoured with Merit Book Awards from The Haiku Society of America. 

1 comment:

  1. Visually concrete image of L2 functions like the symbol of a relationship barrier, which is worsened by the emotional weight of L1.

    This is a fine example of understated shasei relationship haiku.


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