English Original
dark moon
the shriek of an owl
unsettles a dream
afriku: haiku and Senryui from Ghana, 2016
Adjei Agyei-Baah
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
闇月
貓頭鷹的尖叫
擾亂夢境
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
暗月
猫头鹰的尖叫
扰乱梦境
Bio Sketch
Adjei Agyei-Baah (June 29, 1977 -- December 18, 2023) was the co-founder of the Africa Haiku Network and The Mamba and author of afriku: haiku and Senryui from Ghana, 2016, Finding the Other Door, 2021 and Scaring Crow, 2022.
L1, "dark moon, i.e. invisible new moon," creates an image of absence and tension; the sharp sensory interruption in L2, "the shriek of an owl," cuts through both the darkness (as shown in L1) and the N's inner world in L3.
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