English Original
shrinking snowman
the red wool scarf
loosens its grip
Honorable Mention, 2008 Porad Award
Peggy Heinrich
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
日趨融化的雪人
他的紅色羊毛圍巾
漸漸地鬆開
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
日趋融化的雪人
他的红色羊毛围巾
渐渐地松开
Bio Sketch
Peggy Heinrich's haiku have appeared in almost every haiku journal both nationally and internationally and in many anthologies. Awards include Top Prize in the Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest in both 2009 and 2010. Peeling an Orange, a collection of her haiku with photographs by John Bolivar, was published in 2009 by Modern English Tanka Press. Forward Moving Shadows, a collection of her tanka, with photographs by John Bolivar, was published in 2012.
The melting snowman and loosening scarf create an immediate, visual moment, and the haiku pivots on "gradual change," giving the reader enough time and space to feel the quiet sadness.
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