Thursday, February 21, 2013

Butterfly Dream: Music Haiku by Djurdja Vukelić-Rožić

English Original

concert under the stars --
a drop of sweat lost
in her décolletage

Lishanu, #2, 2011

Djurdja Vukelić-Rožić


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

星空下的演唱會 --
一滴汗水消失
在她的乳溝之間

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

星空下的演唱会 --
一滴汗水消失
在她的乳沟之间


Bio sketch

Djurdja Vukelić-Rožić was born in 1956 in Croatia, where she lives. She is the editor-in-chief of IRIS haiku magazine and deputy editor for haiku at Diogen Pro Cultura Magazine. She edited The Anthology of Croatian Haiku Poetry 1996-2007, An Unmown Sky.  Besides haiku, she publishes poetry, aphorisms, and humorous sketches. So far she has published 10 books and edited and translated into English a number of collections by poets from Europe. 

1 comment:

  1. The change in point of view and the use of "lost" add a Woody Allen-esque flavor to the haiku.

    A well-crafted haiku with an aesthetic focus on the "hai."

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