Butterfly Dream: Murder Haiku by kjmunro

English Original

solemn mass murder of crows

Matrix Magazine, 107, 2017

kjmunro


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

莊嚴的彌撒一群烏鴉

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

庄严的弥撒一群乌鸦


Bio Sketch

Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, kjmunro moved to the Yukon Territory in 1991. She is Membership Secretary for Haiku Canada & a member of the League of Canadian Poets. Her debut poetry collection is contractions (Red Moon Press, 2019).

Butterfly Dream: River Haiku by Rachel Sutcliffe

English Original

snow melt the river runs with sky

Selected Haiku, 10th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest

Rachel Sutcliffe


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

雪融化了河水與天空一起奔流

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

雪融化了河水与天空一起奔流 


Bio Sketch

Rachel Sutcliffe had suffered from a serious immune disorder for over 16 years; throughout  this time writing had been her therapy, and it kept her from going insane! She was an active member of the British Haiku Society and has been published in various journals including  Prune Juice, Failed Haiku and Hedgerow.

Butterfly Dream: Light Snow Haiku by Marita Gargiulo

English Original

light snow         a thin excuse

Frogpond, 40:3, Fall 2017

Marita Gargiulo


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

小雪     不足為道藉口

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

小雪     不足为道借口


Bio Sketch

Marita Gargiulo found haiku at MIT in the 70’s while editing a poetry magazine. She was the guest editor for The Haiku Foundation, featuring “pan-artistic” haiku, and organized poetry events with her local arts commission and symphony orchestra. In 2019 her haibun won third place in the HSA’s Annual Haibun Contest.

Butterfly Dream: Missing You Haiku by Julie Warther

English Original

two ends of a circle missing you

Second Place, 2018 Lyrical Passion Monostich Contest

Julie Warther


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一個圓圈的兩端想念你

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一个圆圈的两端想念你


Bio Sketch

Julie Warther serves as Midwest Regional Coordinator for the Haiku Society of America , is an associate editor at The Heron's Nest  and was instrumental in establishing The Forest Haiku Walk in Millersburg, Ohio and the Seasons of Haiku Trail at The Holden Arboretum in Kirtland, Ohio.

Butterfly Dream: Icy Roads Haiku by Larry Kimmel

English Original

icy roads -- controlling the car with prayer & rectum

Moongarlic, November 2015

Larry Kimmel


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

冰滑的道路 -- 用祈禱和直腸來控制汽車的方向

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

冰滑的道路 -- 用祈祷和直肠来控制汽车的方向


Bio Sketch

Larry Kimmel lives quietly in the hills of western Massachusetts.  His most recent books  are shards and dust (cherita), outer edges (tanka) and thunder and apple blossoms (haiku).

Butterfly Dream: Slum Haiku by Martin Gottlieb Cohen

English Original

this slum with a moon in every puddle

Presence, 43, January 2011

Martin Gottlieb Cohen


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

這個貧民窟每個水坑裡面都有一個月亮

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

这个贫民窟在每个水坑里面都有一个月亮


Bio Sketch

Martin Gottlieb Cohen was born in the South Bronx somewhere on Simpson Street, went to a Yeshiva on East Broadway and Canal Street, and then lived in the South of Brooklyn, the South of Long Island, The Southern Tier of Upstate New York, The South of Manhattan, and finally South Jersey in Egg Harbor

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: Last Light Haiku by Dietmar Tauchner

English Original

last light the scent of lilac             long after

Honorable Mention, 2017 Wild Plum Contest

Dietmar Tauchner  


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

最後一道陽光很久以後      丁香的氣味

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

最后一道阳光很久以后      丁香的气味


Bio Sketch

Dietmar Tauchner, born in 1972 in Austria, lives & works in Puchberg & Vienna, as a social-worker / counselor, author and lover. His work has been published in various magazines & anthologies worldwide. He received some awards, as the Taisho (Grand Prize) at the International Kusamakura Haiku Competition in Kumamoto, Japan, in 2013; and received the Second Place for Noise of Our Origin (Red Moon Press, Winchester, 2013) at the 2014 HSA Mildred Kanterman Merit Book Awards

Butterfly Dream: Snake Haiku by Mark Miller

English Original

parting grass a snake slips out of the silence

Notes From the Gean, 5, 2010

Mark Miller


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

分開野草一條蛇從寂靜中溜走

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

分开野草一条蛇从寂静中溜走


Bio Sketch

A retired school teacher, Mark Miller lives in New South Wales, Australia, where he has been writing haiku for many years. His work has been published widely in journals and anthologies, including Acorn, Akitsu Quarterly, Chrysanthemum, Frogpond, Notes From the Gean, Presence, Shamrock, Under the Basho and The Heron’s Nest.

Butterfly Dream: Morning Tide Haiku by Elliot Nicely

English Original

receding morning tide his empty apology

Modern Haiku, 48:1, Spring-Winter 2017

Elliot Nicely


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

早潮正在消退他空洞的道歉

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

早潮正在消退他空洞的道歉


Bio Sketch

Elliot Nicely is the author of The Black Between Stars (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2017) and Tangled Shadows: Senryu and Haiku (Rosenberry Books, 2013). He resides in Lakewood, Ohio in the United States.

Butterlfy Dream: Dawn Rain Haiku by Gavin Austin

English Original

the pull of two worlds waking to dawn rain       

Presence, 55,  2016

Gavin Austin


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

在兩個不同的人間現實中拉扯黎明醒來下雨了

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在两个不同的人间现实中拉扯黎明醒来下雨了


Bio Sketch

Gavin Austin, lives in Sydney, Australia and writes mostly short fiction and poetry. His work has appeared in many Australian and international publications and has been successful in numerous writing competitions. Gavin was the Featured Poet for the January 2016 edition of cattails.

Poetic Musings: Afterlife Haiku by Peggy Willis Lyles

into the afterlife red leaves

Modern Haiku, 41:1, Winter/Spring 2010
Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems, 2010 

Peggy Willis Lyles
      
Commentary by the Touchstone Awards Panel   

... Buddhists believe the River Styx separates the world of the dead from the world of living. Red spider lilies bloom on the shore on the side of the living. In previous life cycles, we could be those red leaves falling to the ground. We may have no memory of previous lives and will not know who and what will be in our next lives, but somewhere in those repeating cycles, our paths will cross with the one who entered the other world before us ...

The following haiku is the opening poem in "Section Two: Featured Haiku," Ripples from a Splash: A Collection of Haiku Essays with Award-Winning Haiku by Chen-ou Liu

river's edge

red leaves fall

into a poem

in memory of Peggy Willis Lyles who helped me publish my first English language haiku

and in response to her "red leaves" haiku

Butterfly Dream: War Haiku by H. Gene Murtha

English Original

taking me out of the war the war

Biding Time: Selected Poems 2001-2013, 2013

H. Gene Murtha


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

把我帶離開戰爭仍然需要一場戰爭
  
Chinese Translation (Simplified)

把我带离开战争仍然需要一场战争


Bio Sketch

H. Gene Murtha, a naturalist and poet, sponsored and judged the first haiku contest for the inner city children of Camden, NJ., for the Virgilio Group, of which he was a lifetime member. He was widely published for his work in haikai literature from the USA to Japan.

Butter Dream: Jasmine Haiku by Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

English Original

jasmine at the border white till yesterday

Modern Haiku, 48:1, 2017

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

在邊界的茉莉花直到昨天依舊是白色

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在边界的茉莉花直到昨天依旧是白色


Bio Sketch

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, a Master Black Belt in Six Sigma, is currently working in a pharmaceutical company as Head of Operational Excellence. He lives in Hyderabad, India

Butterfly Dream: Life Haiku by John Hawk

English Original

therestofmylifestuckintraffic

Daily Haiku, Cycle 12, 2012

John Hawk


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

我的餘生陷在交通阻塞中

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

我的余生陷在交通阻塞中


Bio Sketch

John Hawk’s haiku poetry is published worldwide and recently won 1st Choice, Guest Judge Selection, in the IAFOR Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award contest. A communications professional in downtown Columbus, Ohio, USA, John enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife and two children. He can be reached at johnhawkpoetry@gmail.com

Butterfly Dream: Lifeline Haiku by Larry Kimmel

English Original

e x t e n d i n g  my lifeline with a scalpel

bottle rockets, 37, 2017

Larry Kimmel


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

用手術刀 延  長 我的生命線

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

用手术刀 延  长 我的生命线


Bio Sketch

Larry Kimmel was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.  He lives quietly in the hills of western Massachusetts.  His most recent books are shards and dust and outer edges. The Piercing Blue of Sirius: Selected Poems 1968 - 2008 is free to read online.

Butterfly Dream: Shooting Star Haiku by Martin Gottlieb Cohen

English Original

in the length of a breath shooting star

EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration, 2015

Martin Gottlieb Cohen


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

在吸吐氣息之間一顆流星

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在吸吐气息之间一颗流星

Bio Sketch

Martin Gottlieb Cohen was born in the South Bronx somewhere on Simpson Street, went to a Yeshiva on East Broadway and Canal Street, and then lived in the South of Brooklyn, the South of Long Island, The Southern Tier of Upstate New York, The South of Manhattan, and finally South Jersey in Egg Harbor

Butterfly Dream: Killing Fields Haiku by Helen Buckingham

English Original

killing fields the god whisperer

Bones,6, March 2015

Helen Buckingham


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

殺戮戰場神靈耳語者

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

杀戮战场神灵耳语者


Bio Sketch

Helen Buckingham lives in Wells, England. Her work has been placed in awards, journals and anthologies throughout the world, among the latter: Haiku in English: the first hundred years (Norton, 2013). Her collections include water on the moon (Original Plus, 2010) and Armadillo Basket (Waterloo Press, 2011).

Butterfly Dream: Winter Rain Haiku by Tim Gardiner

English Original

coming down once more winter rain

Acorn, 37, Fall 2016

Tim Gardiner


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

再一次傾瀉冬雨

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

再一次倾泻冬雨


Bio Sketch

Dr Tim Gardiner is an ecologist, poet and children's author from Manningtree in Essex, UK. His haiku have been published in literary magazines including Frogpond, Modern Haiku and The Heron's Nest. His first collection of poetry, Wilderness, was published by Brambleby Books in 2015. Tim's debut children's book, The Voyage of the Queen Bee, was published by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in 2016.

A Room of My Own: Mind and Moon Haiku

moon mirrors mind mirrors moon