Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Butterfly Dream: First Date Haiku by Olivier Schopfer

English Original

              first date        
poppies swaying in the wind
                         
Concrete Haiku, Under the Basho, 2014

Olivier Schopfer


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

      第一次約會


Chinese Translation (Simplified)

      第一次约会



Bio Sketch

Olivier Schopfer lives in Geneva, Switzerland. He likes to capture the moment in haiku and photography. His work has appeared in The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2014 and in numerous online and print journals, such as Acorn, Bones, bottle rockets, bras bell, Chrysanthemum, Issa's Untidy Hut, moongarlic E-zine, Presence, and Under the Basho. He also writes articles in French about etymology and everyday expressions: http://olivierschopferracontelesmots.blog.24heures.ch/

2 comments:

  1. L1 establishes the thematic context of the poem while Olivier's use of italicized letters in L2 effectively conveys the narrator's state of mood through the image of "swaying" poppies

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  2. I really enjoyed this creative haiku Olivier. What an interesting use of italics. Congratulations on having it published here.

    Karen

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