Monday, March 18, 2013

Butterfly Dream: Skinny Dipping Haiku by Marion Clarke

English Original

skinny dipping --
one small step to land
on the moon

Winner of the Every Day Poets Great Big Little Poems Competition 2012

Marion Clarke


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

夜間祼泳 --
一小步
即登陸月球

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

夜间祼泳 --
一小步
即登陆月球


Bio Sketch

A member of the Irish Haiku Society, Marion Clarke is a writer and artist from Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. Her work was highly commended in the IHS 2011 International Haiku Competition and, in summer 2012, she received a Sakura award in the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival contest. A selection of her haiku featured in the first national collection of haiku from Ireland, Bamboo Dreams..Marion’s poetry and artwork can be found at http://seaviewwarrenpoint.wordpress.com/

4 comments:

  1. A fresh take on moon haiku. The twist in L3 is effective.

    This is a well-crafted, allusive haiku with an aesthetic focus on the "hai," reminding me of Neil Armstrong's most famous remark:


    "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind"

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  2. Thank you, Chen-ou - and you are spot on with that reference. :)

    marion

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    1. Thank you, Bernadette - I've just spotted your comment. :)

      marion

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