paved front yard --
a poppy peeps
through a crack
Lavana Kray
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
鋪磚的前院 --
從裂縫中一朵罌粟花
探頭窺視
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
铺砖的前院 --
从裂缝中一朵罂粟花
探头窥视
Bio Sketch
Lavana
Kray is from Iasi-Romania. She is a photographer who is interested in
haiku. Her poems have been published in many online and print journals,
such as Frogpond, Haiku Canada Review, Asahi Shimbun, The Mainichi, A Hundred Gourds, and Daily Haiga. She was included on the list of "European Top 100 Most Creative Haiku Authors" in 2013.
This small-scale struggle/war between the man-made construction ("paved front yard," the common neighborhood eyesore [which is mainly built for more parking space] in North American suburbs) and the will/power of Mother Nature (embodied in a poppy) is comically portrayed through this vivid image of a poppy "peeping" through a crack.
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