Butterfly Dream: Starlight Haiku by Lorin Ford

English Original

starlight
every pore
prickles      

Frogpond, 40:3, Autumn 2017

Lorin Ford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

星光閃爍
每個毛細孔
隱隱刺痛

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

星光闪烁
每个毛细孔
隐隐刺痛


Bio Sketch

Lorin Ford has written haiku since 2004. Selections of her haiku are anthologized in, eg. Haiku in English, Where the River Goes , Haiku 21 and Nest Feathers. Her a wattle seedpod (PostPressed 2008) won a first place in the HSA Merit Book Awards. Her e-chapbook, A Few Quick Brushstrokes,was a 2011 Snapshot Press winner.

Butterfly Dream: Plot Haiku by Lorin Ford

English Original

corpse lily: the plot turns Gothic

Presence, 58, 2017

Lorin Ford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

屍體百合花： 情節變成哥特式

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

尸体百合花：情节变成哥特式


Bio Sketch

Lorin Ford has written haiku since 2004. Selections of her haiku are anthologized in, eg. Haiku in English, Where the River Goes , Haiku 21 and Nest Feathers. Her a wattle seedpod (PostPressed 2008) won a first place in the HSA Merit Book Awards. Her e-chapbook, A Few Quick Brushstrokes,was a 2011 Snapshot Press winner.

Butterfly Dream: Chrysalis Haiku by Lorin Ford

English Original

chrysalis
a flutter inside
my rib cage

Modern Haiku,  46:3, Fall 2015

Lorin Ford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

蝴蝶蛹
我的胸腔感覺到
一陣顫動

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

蝴蝶蛹
我的胸腔感觉到
一阵颤动


Bio Sketch

Lorin Ford has written haiku since 2004. Selections of her haiku are anthologized in, eg. Haiku in English, Where the River Goes , Haiku 21 and Nest Feathers. Her a wattle seedpod (PostPressed 2008) won a first place in the HSA Merit Book Awards. Her e-chapbook, A Few Quick Brushstrokes,was a 2011 Snapshot Press winner.

Butterfly Dream: Snail’s Trail Haiku by Lorin Ford

English Original

a snail’s trail ...
all night this meandering
toward the moon               

Second Prize, 2017 Autumn Moon Haiku Contest

Lorin Ford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一隻蝸牛的行蹤 ...
整個晚上這蜿蜒曲折的蹤跡
朝向月亮行進

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一只蜗牛的行踪 ...
整个晚上这蜿蜒曲折的踪迹
朝向月亮行进


Bio Sketch

Lorin Ford has written haiku since 2004. Selections of her haiku are anthologized in, eg. Haiku in English, Where the River Goes , Haiku 21 and Nest Feathers. Her a wattle seedpod (PostPressed 2008) won a first place in the HSA Merit Book Awards. Her e-chapbook, A Few Quick Brushstrokes,was a 2011 Snapshot Press winner.

Butterfly Dream: Migrating Eels Haiku by Lorin Ford

English Original

migrating eels
the warp and the weave
of creek water

Presence, 54, February 2016

Lorin Ford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

鰻魚在遷移
溪水上下不定
的波動

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

鳗鱼在迁移
溪水上下不定
的波动


Bio Sketch

Lorin Ford has written haiku since 2004. Selections of her haiku are anthologized in, eg. Haiku in English, Where the River Goes , Haiku 21 and Nest Feathers. Her book, a wattle seedpod (PostPressed 2008) won a first place in the HSA Merit Book Awards. Her e-chapbook, A Few Quick Brushstrokes,was a 2011 Snapshot Press winner.

Butterfly Dream: Reef Sharks Haiku by Lorin Ford

English Original

reef sharks
guard the rusting wrecks --
my father’s war

Frogpond, 39:1, Winter 2016

Lorin Ford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一群礁鯊
守衛生鏽的殘骸 --
我父親的戰爭

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一群礁鲨
守卫生锈的残骸 --
我父亲的战争


Bio Sketch

Lorin Ford has written haiku since 2004. Selections of her haiku are anthologized in, eg. Haiku in English, Where the River Goes , Haiku 21 and Nest Feathers. Her book, a wattle seedpod (PostPressed 2008) won a first place in the HSA Merit Book Awards. Her e-chapbook, A Few Quick Brushstrokes,was a 2011 Snapshot Press winner.

Butterfly Dream: Neon Dragons Haiku by Lorin Ford

English Original

neon dragons
the rain & my dumplings
red green green red ...

Presence, 55, June 2016

Lorin Ford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

霓虹祥龍招牌
毛毛雨和我的餃子
紅綠綠紅 ...

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

霓虹祥龙招牌
毛毛雨和我的饺子
红绿绿红...


Bio Sketch

Lorin Ford has written haiku since 2004. Selections of her haiku are anthologized in, eg. Haiku in English, Where the River Goes , Haiku 21 and Nest Feathers. Her book, a wattle seedpod (PostPressed 2008) won a first place in the HSA Merit Book Awards. Her e-chapbook, A Few Quick Brushstrokes,was a 2011 Snapshot Press winner.

Butterfly Dream: Oil Slick Rainbows Haiku by Lorin Ford

English Original

old pond
      oil slick rainbows
          slip in

tinywords, 15:2, 2016

Lorin Ford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

老池塘
    彩虹顏色的浮油
       滑進去

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

老池塘
     彩虹颜色的浮油
         滑进去


Bio Sketch

Past publisher and editor of A Hundred Gourds, Lorin Ford is initiator and convenor of the Red Kelpie Haiku Group, which meets in Melbourne, Australia. Selections of her haiku are anthologized in, eg. Haiku in English, Where the River Goes , Haiku21 and Nest Feathers. Her book, a wattle seedpod ,won first place in the 2009 HSA Merit Book Awards.

Butterfly Dream: Blue Scarf Haiku by Lorin Ford

English Original

she waves a thin blue scarf becoming sky

tinywords, 15:2, 2015

Lorin Ford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

她揮舞一條薄的藍色圍巾化為天空

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

她挥舞一条薄的蓝色围巾化为天空


Bio Sketch

Past publisher and editor of A Hundred Gourds, Lorin Ford is initiator and convenor of the Red Kelpie Haiku Group, which meets in Melbourne, Australia. Selections of her haiku are anthologized in, eg. Haiku in English, Where the River Goes , Haiku21 and Nest Feathers. Her book, a wattle seedpod ,won first place in the 2009 HSA Merit Book Awards.

Cool Announcement: A Freebie, a wattle seedpod: haiku by Lorin Ford

My Dear Readers:

a wattle seedpod, written by NeverEnding Story contributor Lorin Ford,  is The Book of the Week on the THF website. Below is an excerpt from the Forward:

Lorin Ford explains her engagement with haiku in these revealing words:

My response to haiku, when subjected to it, was privately much closer to ‘so what?’ than ‘aha!’. Then one day, I heard this haiku read aloud:

picking up a jellyfish...

my lifeline

clear and deep

– Dhugal Lindsay

[sukuu te-no kurage-ya seimeisen fukaku, written and translated by  Dhugal]

The effect was immediate – a physical quiver of recognition. The memory of my original experience was vivid and unmediated by overt authorial presence… This was a happy accident. It made me realise that haiku are meant to be ‘seen through’ by us as readers, to our own experiences in the world.

Selected Haiku

headstone

a leaf crosses out

the I in his name

fish story

a cormorant spreads its wings

                                              w i d e r

rusted hinge

the butterfly's wings

close, open ...

low tide --

bits and pieces of her

wedding china

winter beach --

i throw a stick

for no dog

You can read the entire book here

Enjoy the read.

Chen-ou

Butterfly Dream: Winter Haiku by Lorin Ford

English Original

shades of winter --
my mother in the passage
between dreams

Frogpond, 35:3, Autumn 2012

Lorin Ford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

冬天陰影 --
我母親在夢與夢
之間的通道

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

冬天阴影 --
我母亲在梦与梦
之间的通道


Bio Sketch

Lorin Ford grew up between two homes, one by the beach and one in the bush. She has written ‘long’ poems but these days she focuses on haiku , both as a writer and as an editor. Her book, a wattle seedpod,(PostPressed 2008) is currently out of print but short collections of her work can be accessed at the Snapshot Press website and via her bio on the editors’ page .

Butterfly Dream: Butterfly Haiku by Lorin Ford

English Original

butterfly
after butterfly …
becoming the dream

paper wasp, 18.4 Summer 2012

Lorin Ford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一隻蝴蝶
接著一隻蝴蝶...
變成一個夢

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一只蝴蝶
接著一只蝴蝶...
变成一个梦


Bio Sketch

Lorin Ford grew up between two homes, one by the beach and one in the bush. She has written ‘long’ poems but these days she focuses on haiku , both as a writer and as an editor. Her book, a wattle seedpod,(PostPressed 2008) is currently out of print but short collections of her work can be accessed at the Snapshot Press website and via her bio on the editors’ page at www.ahundredgourds.com

Butterfly Dream: Horizon Haiku by Lorin Ford

English Original

harvest moon
the horizon between here
and hereafter

1st Prize, Katikati Haiku Competition 2012

Lorin Ford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

中秋月
在此及以外之間
的地平線

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

中秋月
在此及以外之间
的地平线


Bio Sketch

Lorin Ford grew up between two homes, one by the beach and one in the bush. She has written ‘long’ poems but these days she focuses on haiku , both as a writer and as an editor. Her book, a wattle seedpod,(PostPressed 2008) is currently out of print but short collections of her work can be accessed at the Snapshot Press website and via her bio on the editors’ page.

Butterfly Dream: I-Haiku by Lorin Ford

English Original

I and I and I ripples on the river 

Under the Basho, 1:1,  Autumn 2013

Lorin Ford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

我和我和我河上漣漪

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

我和我和我河上涟漪


Bio Sketch

Lorin Ford grew up between two homes, one by the beach and one in the bush. She has written ‘long’ poems but these days she focuses on haiku , both as a writer and as an editor. Her book, a wattle seedpod,(PostPressed 2008) is currently out of print but short collections of her work can be accessed at the Snapshot Press website and via her bio on the editors’ page at www.ahundredgourds.com