Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Burst of Sunshine Haiku by Joanna Ashwell

English Original

chaffinch call
a brief burst
of sunshine

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 3:2, Spring/Summer 2020

Joanna Ashwell


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

金翅雀
的鳴叫聲
短暫的燦爛陽光

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

金翅雀
的鸣叫声
短暂的灿烂阳光

 
Bio Sketch

Joanna Ashwell, a writer from the North East of England. Has been a tutor, pharmacy dispenser and administrator.   Enjoys reading and writing various Japanese poetry forms and is a member of many linked organisations.  Has been published in Blithe Spirit, StardustRibbonsEucalptFrogpondThe Heron’s NestAtlas PoeticaThe Cherita Journal  and others. 

1 comment:

  1. The jux. of the sound of a chaffinch, L1, with a burst of sunshine, Ls 2&3, is fresh and multi-sensorily vivid. And it has the compactness and sensory clarity of a haiku moment.

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