Thursday, May 1, 2014

Butterfly Dream: Music Haiku by John Kinory

English Original

for a moment
Stravinsky drowns
the drilling next door

Envoi, 147:2007

John Kinory


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

只有一會兒
斯特拉文斯基的音樂
蓋過隔壁的鑽孔聲

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

只有一会儿
斯特拉文斯基的音乐
盖过隔壁的钻孔声


Bio Sketch

John Kinory is a translator and photographer, and former physics teacher. His work has been published extensively in haiku, tanka and general poetry journals worldwide. He is the founder and editor of Ardea, the multilingual short-form poetry journal. He lives in England.

1 comment:

  1. Combined with the opening phrase, "for A Moment," John's thematically and emotionally effective verb choice enhances the contrast of sounds (Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring vs the drilling sound).

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

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