Butterfly Dream: Super Bowl Haiku by Michael Henry Lee

English Original

super bowl

queso and chips remain

an odds on favorite

Editor's Choice, Cattails, April 2021 

Michael Henry Lee

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

超級杯足球賽

殘留的奶酪和薯條

最有希望獲勝

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

超级杯足球赛

残留的奶酪和薯条

最有希望获胜

Bio Sketch

Michael Henry Lee lives in  Saint Augustine Florida with his wife of over fourty years and their rescue cat Bob. Lee is an internationally published award winning haiku poet, photographer and collage artist. Lee also serves as the South East Co-ordinator for the Haiku Society of America.

Butterfly Dream: Sumi-E Class Haiku by Michael Henry Lee

English Original

sumi-e class
on the tip of a brush
the crow's song

bottle rockets, 39, 2018

Michael Henry Lee


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

日本水墨畫課
在畫筆的尖端
烏鴉的頌歌

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

日本水墨画课
在画笔的尖端
乌鸦的颂歌

Bio Sketch

Michael Henry Lee  lives in St. Augustine Florida with his wife, rescue cat, and several bonsai trees. His work has appeared in numerous print and on line journals including: Heron's Nest, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, and A Hundred Gourds among others. His second book, Against the Grain, received Honorable Mention in the 2013 Mildred Kanterman Book Awards.

Butterfly Dream: Blossom Fog Haiku by Michael Henry Lee

English Original

blossom fog
almost lost
in translation

Frogpond, 39:2,  Spring / Summer 2016

Michael Henry Lee 


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

霧般的落花
幾乎在翻譯中
喪失它的涵意

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

雾般的落花
几乎在翻译中
丧失它的涵意


Bio Sketch

Michael Henry Lee  lives in St. Augustine Florida with his wife, rescue cat, and several bonsai trees. His work has appeared in numerous print and on line journals including: Heron's Nest, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, and A Hundred Gourds among others. His second book, Against the Grain, received Honorable Mention in the 2013 Mildred Kanterman Book Awards.

Butterfly Dream: Winter Migration Haiku by Michael Henry Lee

English Original

winter migration
resisting the urge
to fly home

A Hundred Gourds, 5:2, March 2016

Michael Henry Lee 


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

冬季遷徙
抵制坐飛機飛回家
的衝動

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

冬季迁徙
抵制坐飞机飞回家
的冲动


Bio Sketch

Michael Henry Lee  lives in St. Augustine Florida with his wife, rescue cat, and several bonsai trees. His work has appeared in numerous print and on line journals including: Heron's Nest, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, and A Hundred Gourds among others. His second book, Against the Grain, received Honorable Mention in the 2013 Mildred Kanterman Book Awards.

Butterfly Dream: Election Year Haiku by Michael Henry Lee

English Original

election year
not knowing what to make
of the sky

Full of Moonlight, 2016 HSA Members' Anthology

Michael Henry Lee


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

選舉年
不知道該怎麼理解
天色

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

选举年
不知道该怎么理解
天色


Bio Sketch

Michael Henry Lee  lives in St. Augustine Florida with his wife, rescue cat, and several bonsai trees. His work has appeared in numerous print and on line journals including: Heron's Nest, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, and A Hundred Gourds among others. His second book, Against the Grain, received Honorable Mention in the 2013 Mildred Kanterman Book Awards.

Butterfly Dream: Tempest Moon Haiku by Michael Henry Lee

English Original

tempest moon
already against
the next war

Honorable Mention, World Haiku Review,  August  2014

Michael Henry Lee


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

暴風雨的月亮
已經反對
下一場戰爭

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

暴风雨的月亮
已经反对
下一场战争


Bio Sketch

Michael Henry Lee  lives in St. Augustine Florida with his wife, rescue cat, and several bonsai trees. His work has appeared in numerous print and on line journals including: Heron's Nest, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, and A Hundred Gourds among others. His second book, Against the Grain, received Honorable Mention in the 2013 Mildred Kanterman Book Awards.

Butterfly Dream: Spring Breeze Haiku by Michael Henry Lee

English Original

spring breeze
the wind chimes play
catch and release

Cattails, September 2016

Michael Henry Lee


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一陣春風
一組風鈴在玩
捉放遊戲

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一阵春风
一组风铃在玩
捉放游戏


Bio Sketch

Michael Henry Lee  lives in St. Augustine Florida with his wife, rescue cat, and several bonsai trees. His work has appeared in numerous print and on line journals including: Heron's Nest, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, and A Hundred Gourds among others. His second book, Against the Grain, received Honorable Mention in the 2013 Mildred Kanterman Book Awards.

Butterfly Dream: Bullet Train Haiku by Michael Henry Lee

English Original

bullettrainallisforgotten

Michael Henry Lee


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

子彈列車所有的人事物都被遺忘

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

子弹列车所有的人事物都被遗忘


Bio Sketch

Michael Henry Lee  lives in St. Augustine Florida with his wife, rescue cat, and several bonsai trees. His work has appeared in numerous print and on line journals including: Heron's Nest, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, and A Hundred Gourds among others. His second book, Against the Grain, received Honorable Mention in the 2013 Mildred Kanterman Book Awards.