Friday, June 26, 2015

Butterfly Dream: Winter Star Haiku by Freddy Ben-Arroyo

English Original

facing me
through the open window
a winter star

Kernels, Spring, 2013

Freddy Ben-Arroyo


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

透過敞開的窗戶
與我面對面  
是一顆冬日星辰

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

透过敞开的窗户
与我面对面  
是一颗冬日星辰


Bio Sketch

Freddy Ben-Arroyo is a retired professor of Structural Engineering at the Technion--Israel Institute of Technology. Born in Bulgaria, he emigrated to Israel during WWII and since then lives in Haifa. He began writing haiku 25 years ago, after Zen training. He is married, has one daughter, three grandchildren and two great-grandsons.

1 comment:

  1. Freddy's haiku has an immediacy that evokes the reader's emotional response, and its tone and mood is well conveyed through this evocative image of a lone man facing one winter star.

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