English Original
north star
the yodel of a coywolf
on winter's wind
Hedgerow, 122, Winter 2017
Jan Benson
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
北極星
在冬天大風中
郊狼的叫聲
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
北极星
在冬天大风中
郊狼的叫声
Bio Sketch
Jan Benson was a Pushcart Prize nominated haiku poet. Her haiku were published in many of the world's leading haiku journals and magazines. Jan was a member of The World Haiku Association and Poetry Society of Texas. Jan's profile can be found on The Haiku Foundation "Poet Registry" and online at The Living Haiku Anthology.
This is a fine example of atmospheric haiku, a subgenre of haiku with its focus on atmosphere, which intends to communicate first of all a feeling rather than to describe an event/experience observed.
ReplyDeleteIn the case of Jan's haiku, it's an "austere feeling" communicated through multi-sensorily and emotionally evocate imagery.
And it might be interesting to do a thematic comparison reading of my haiku below about an event observed:
spots of blood ...
in snowlight one wolf moves
the whole pack
NeverEnding Story, February 2 2025