English Original
behind the coal box
a black cat licks the wind
out of its fur
Blithe Spirit, 4:1, 1994
David Cobb
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
在高側板嬰兒車的後面
一隻黑貓從它的毛皮中
舔著風
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
在高侧板婴儿车的后面
一只黑猫从它的毛皮中
舔着风
Bio Sketch
David Cobb was a British educational writer and champion of English-language haiku and haibun genres. He founded the British Haiku Society in 1990 and served as its president from 1997 to 2002. He won four Haiku Society of America Merit Book Awards, and the 1997 collection of haibun, Spring Journey to the Saxon Shore, established him as the "initiator of the haibun in Britain."
A fresh and multi-sensorily evocative scene depicted in this lovely cat haiku!
ReplyDeleteThe fresh and effective use of a verbal phrase, "licks the wind [out of a cat's fur] ," makes this black cat lively and interesting to the reader.