blind date
she smiles then notices
his shoes
Lynx, 28:1, February, 2013
Brian Robertson
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
盲目約會
她笑了並且注意到
他的鞋子
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
盲目约会
她笑了并且注意到
他的鞋子
Bio Sketch
Raised in Ottawa, Brian Robertson studied in Toronto and Rio de Janeiro and is currently writing a doctoral thesis in green economics with a German university. Brian began writing prose in 2006. Since 2010, ten of his short stories and twenty-nine of his haiku have been published among journals, newspapers, contests, and one anthology among the countries Germany, Austria, the US, Australia, and Japan. His major project is a novel about the 1999 bombing of Serbia.
Brian's poem is a well-crafted haiku with an aesthetic focus on the "hai." In it, he explores the different concepts of sight/ways of seeing. This haiku reminds me of those courtship rituals in Jane Austen's novels.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, there is a "serious" book called Jane Austen's Guide to Dating. It's written by Lauren Henderson, whose "PhD dissertation" is about the courtship rituals in Jane Austen.