Friday, September 13, 2024

Butterfly Dream: Fieldstone Wall Haiku by Kat Lehmann

English Original

fieldstone wall 
the illness that grandmother 
kept to herself

The Heron's Nest, 25:1,  March 2023

Kat Lehmann

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

粗石牆
祖母隱瞞
她的病

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

粗石墙
祖母隐瞒
她的病


Bio Sketch

Kat Lehmann is a Founding Co-Editor of whiptail: journal of the single-line poem. She serves as a panelist in The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Distinguished Books Award. Kat lives in Connecticut, USA, with her family on the edge of a fairy forest. Website: https://katlehmann.weebly.com/

1 comment:

  1. There is an implied simile established between a "fieldstone wall/L1" and the way grandmother kept [illness] to herself, Ls 2&3.

    What's left unsaid is at least as potent as what's stated.

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