Australia Day
above the river
chrysanthemums explode
Creatrix, March 2011
Elizabeth Nicholls
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
澳大利亞國慶日
河流的上方
煙花像盛開的菊花
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
澳大利亚国庆日
河流的上方
烟花像盛开的菊花
Bio Sketch
Elizabeth
Nicholls lives on the shore of the Indian Ocean in Perth Western
Australia. She spends many hours walking along the rugged coastline,
composing haiku in her head whilst keeping a lookout for dolphins and
ocean birds. Elizabeth has been writing haiku for five years.
Elizabeth depicts fireworks in the night sky in an innovative way, and the use of "chrysanthemums" adds symbolic significance to the poem. This poem reminds me one of my own about fireworks display on the most important national holiday:
ReplyDeleterainbow flowers
blooming in the night sky
my immigrant dream
(concluding haiku of "My First Canada Day")