Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Butterfly Dream: Crow Haiku by Marilyn Humbert

English Original

a crow stares
from an ancient oak
snow moon

Cattails, 3, September 2014

Marilyn Humbert


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

來自老橡木
烏鴉的怒視
雪月

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

来自老橡木
乌鸦的怒视
雪月


Bio Sketch

Marilyn Humbert lives in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney NSW surrounded by bush. Her pastimes include writing free verse poetry, tanka, tanka prose and related genre. She is the leader of Bottlebrush Tanka Group and member of the Huddle and Bowerbird Tanka Groups. Her tanka appears in Australian and international journals.

1 comment:

  1. Like Simon's atmospheric crow tanka I posted yesterday, Marilyn's haiku conveys the eerie atmosphere of a night scene through the effective juxtaposition of a staring crow and a full moon in winter.

    The well-chosen verb, "stare," adds emotional weight and psychological depth to the poem.

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