English Original
sanderlings …
a boy’s wind-up robot
chases the surf
bottle rockets, 44, 2021
Jo Balistreri
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
三趾鷸 ...
一個男孩的發條機器人
追逐著海浪
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
三趾鹬 ...
一个男孩的发条机器人
追逐着海浪
Bio Sketch
Jo Balistreri continues to write haiku, thinks of it as life flow--trying to live in the present makes everything new everyday. She enjoys that focus, and the challenge of trying to write to the heart of what's seen, losing herself in the process.
This fresh, visually and emotionally evocative jux. of the "sanderlings" (
ReplyDeletemedium-sized “peep” sandpipers recognizable by their obsessive wave-chasing habits) and a boy's/man-designed "wind-up robot
chas[ing] the surf" is effective and thought-provoking:
In the tide of life, is there a distinct difference between the natural, i.e., the sanderlings, and the man-made, i.e. a wind-up robot?