Butterfly Dream: Crossroads Haiku by Caroline Skanne

English Original

crossroads --
i follow
the dragonfly

Otata, 11, November, 2016

Caroline Skanne


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

十字路口 --
我跟隨
一隻蜻蜓

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

十字路口 --
我跟随
一只蜻蜓


Bio Sketch

Caroline Skanne, Rochester, UK is obsessed with anything wild and free. She is the founder of hedgerow: a journal of small poems. Her book a hundred poems by caroline skanne is available from amazon.

One Man's Maple Moon: Robin's Song Tanka by Caroline Skanne

English Original

lifted
by a robin's song
feeling
closer than ever
to where i want to be

A Hundred Gourds, 4:4, summer, 2015

Caroline Skanne


Chinese Translation (Traditional)
   
知更鳥的歌聲
提升了我的精神
感覺
比以往更接近
我想去的地方

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

知更鸟的歌声
提升了我的精神
感觉
比以往更接近
我想去的地方 


Bio Sketch

Caroline Skanne, Rochester, UK is obsessed with anything wild and free. She is the founder of hedgerow: a journal of small poems. Her book a hundred poems by caroline skanne is available from amazon.

Butterfly Dream: Thawing Stream Haiku by Caroline Skanne

English Original

thawing stream
the forgotten words
of a song ...

brass bell, January, 2017

Caroline Skanne


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

解凍的溪流
一首歌
被遺忘的歌詞

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

解冻的溪流
一首歌
被遗忘的歌词


Bio Sketch

Caroline Skanne, Rochester, UK is obsessed with anything wild and free. She is the founder of hedgerow: a journal of small poems. Her book a hundred poems by caroline skanne is available from amazon.

One Man's Maple Moon: River Tanka by Caroline Skanne

English Original

when our river
swallows the moon
i need you
to follow me
there and back

The Bamboo Hut, Autumn 2014

Caroline Skanne


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

當我們的河流
吞下月亮時
我需要你
跟著我
去那裡並一起回來

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

当我们的河流
吞下月亮时
我需要你
跟著我
去那里并一起回来 


Bio Sketch

Caroline Skanne, Rochester, UK is obsessed with anything wild and free. She is the founder of hedgerow: a journal of small poems. Her book a hundred poems by caroline skanne is available from amazon.

Butterfly Dream: Kingfisher Haiku by Caroline Skanne

English Original

a kingfisher skims the surface of this moment

brass bell, January 2015

Caroline Skanne


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一隻翠鳥掠過這一刻的表面

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一只翠鸟掠过这一刻的表面 


Bio Sketch

Caroline Skanne, Rochester, UK is obsessed with anything wild and free. She is the founder of hedgerow: a journal of small poems. Her book ‘a hundred poems by caroline skanne’ is available from amazon.

Butterfly Dream: Birdsong Haiku by Caroline Skanne

English Original

morning walk
i fill my lungs
with birdsong

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall 2014

Caroline Skanne


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

早晨散步
我的肺
充滿鳥鳴聲

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

早晨散步
我的肺
充满鸟鸣声 


Bio Sketch

Caroline Skanne, Rochester, UK is obsessed with anything wild and free. She is the founder of hedgerow: a journal of small poems. Her book ‘a hundred poems by caroline skanne’ is available from amazon.

Butterfly Dream: Robin's Song Haiku by Caroline Skanne

English Original

fading summer
the robin's song trails
my melancholy

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall 2014

Caroline Skanne


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

逐漸消逝的夏天
知更鳥的歌聲尾隨
我的憂鬱

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

逐渐消逝的夏天
知更鸟的歌声尾随
我的忧鬱
 

Bio Sketch

Caroline Skanne, Rochester, UK is obsessed with anything wild and free. She is the founder of hedgerow: a journal of small poems. Her book ‘a hundred poems by caroline skanne’ is available from amazon.

One Man's Maple Moon: Sinking Sun Tanka by Caroline Skanne

English Original

trailing the flames
of a sinking sun
heron wings
remind me
to be brave

The Bamboo Hut, Autumn 2014

Caroline Skanne


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

尾隨落日
的火焰
蒼鷺的翅膀
提醒我
要勇敢直行

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

尾随落日
的火焰
苍鹭的翅膀
提醒我
要勇敢直行


Bio Sketch

Caroline Skanne, Rochester, UK is obsessed with anything wild and free. She is the founder of hedgerow: a journal of small poems. Her book ‘a hundred poems by caroline skanne’ is available from amazon.