Thursday, July 24, 2014

Butterfly Dream: Independence Day Haiku by Gabriel Sawicki

English Original

Independence Day
the first flight
of a swallow

Asahi, July 2014

Gabriel Sawicki


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

獨立紀念日
一隻燕子
的第一次飛行

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

独立纪念日
一只燕子
的第一次飞行


Bio Sketch

Gabriel Sawicki lives in Poland and is a robotics engineer. He likes traveling, heavy metal music, fantasy books and RPG games. He started writing haiku several years ago and some of them appeared in online journals.

1 comment:

  1. The comparisons (such as, man-made vs natural, sociopolitical vs biological..etc.) are well explored, and the use of a symbolically rich bird adds aesthetic depth to the poem.

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