Butterfly Dream: Mother's Day Haiku by Stella Pierides

English Original

mother’s day
pushing all the wrong
buttons

Frogpond, 38:2, Spring/Summer 2015

Stella Pierides


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

母親節
激起所有強烈
的情緒

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

母親節
激起所有強烈
的情緒


Bio Sketch

Stella Pierides manages the Per Diem: Daily Haiku feature for The Haiku Foundation. Latest book: Of This World: 48 Haibun (Red Moon Press, 2017). Her work was featured in New Resonance 10. Her collection In the Garden of Absence (Fruit Dove Press, 2012) received an HSA Merit Book Award.Website https://www.stellapierides.com

Butterfly Dream: Another Spring Haiku by Stella Pierides

English Original

another spring
the knotted branch
in the shredder

Blithe Spirit, 27:2, 2017

Stella Pierides


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

另一個春天
將一根打結的樹枝
扔到切碎機中

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

另一个春天
将一根打结的树枝
扔到切碎机中


Bio Sketch

Stella Pierides manages the Per Diem: Daily Haiku feature for The Haiku Foundation. Latest book: Of This World: 48 Haibun (Red Moon Press, 2017). Her work was featured in New Resonance 10. Her collection In the Garden of Absence (Fruit Dove Press, 2012) received an HSA Merit Book Award.Website https://www.stellapierides.com

Butterfly Dream: Unfurling Fronds Haiku by Stella Pierides

English Original

unfurling fronds
my digital legacy
in the cloud

Beyond The Grave: Contemporary Afterlife Haiku, 2015

Stella Pierides


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

展開的蕨葉
存儲在雲端平台中
我的數位遺產

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

展开的蕨叶
存储在云端平台中
我的数位遗产


Bio Sketch

Stella Pierides manages the Per Diem: Daily Haiku feature for The Haiku Foundation. Latest book: Of This World: 48 Haibun (Red Moon Press, 2017). Her work was featured in New Resonance 10. Her collection In the Garden of Absence (Fruit Dove Press, 2012) received an HSA Merit Book Award.Website https://www.stellapierides.com

Butterfly Dream: Paper Boat Haiku by Stella Pierides

English Original

refugee child --
folding and unfolding
his paper boat

First Prize, 2017 Sharpening the Green Pencil Haiku Contest

Stella Pierides


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

難民小孩 --
折疊和展開
他的紙船

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

难民小孩 --
折叠和展开
他的纸船


Bio Sketch

Stella Pierides manages the Per Diem: Daily Haiku feature for The Haiku Foundation. Latest book: Of This World: 48 Haibun (Red Moon Press, 2017). Her work was featured in New Resonance 10. Her collection In the Garden of Absence (Fruit Dove Press, 2012) received an HSA Merit Book Award. Website https://www.stellapierides.com

Butterfly Dream: Cold Moon Haiku by Stella Pierides

English Original

the cold moon
sound of rushing hours

Stella Pierides


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

冷月
人車繁忙
的聲音

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

冷月
人车繁忙
的声音


Bio Sketch

Born in Athens, Greece, Stella Pierides now divides her time between Neusäß, Germany and London, England. In her heart, she lives somewhere on the Aegean coast. She writes poetry and prose because she has to. Her work has been included in anthologies, in print, online journals and elsewhere. She has co-edited and contributed to Even Paranoids Have Enemies (Routledge), and Beyond Madness (JKP). Poetry book "in the Garden of Absence," Fruit Dove Press, Neusaess, 2012. She blogs at http://stellapierides.com/blog and tweets at http://Twitter.com/stellapierides.

Butterfly Dream: Shooting Stars Haiku by Stella Pierides

English Original

shooting stars…
the fizz of champagne
on my tongue

2nd place, Shiki Kukai February 2012

Stella Pierides


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

流星
香檳嘶嘶聲
在我的舌尖

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

流星
香槟嘶嘶声
在我的舌尖


Bio Sketch

Born in Athens, Greece, Stella Pierides now divides her time between Neusäß, Germany and London, England. In her heart, she lives somewhere on the Aegean coast. She writes poetry and prose because she has to. Her work has been included in anthologies, in print, online journals and elsewhere. She has co-edited and contributed to Even Paranoids Have Enemies (Routledge), and Beyond Madness (JKP). Poetry book "in the Garden of Absence," Fruit Dove Press, Neusaess, 2012. She blogs at http://stellapierides.com/blog and tweets at http://Twitter.com/stellapierides.