Saturday, September 5, 2015

Butterfly Dream: Ocean of Sand Haiku by Ken Sawitri

English Original

ocean of sand --
thousands of wind paths
within each grain

Wednesday Haiku, 184, July 2nd, 2014

Ken Sawitri


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

沙之海洋 --
在每一粒沙中
數以千計的風徑

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

沙之海洋 --
在每一粒沙中
数以千计的风径


Bio Sketch

Ken Sawitri was born in Blora, Central Java, Indonesia, and completed her degree in psychology at the University of Indonesia. She was the Psychology & Education editor of  Ayahbunda (1995-1998). She had the first publication in Indonesian national  media when she was in junior high school.

1 comment:

  1. Ken's visually riveting and symbolically rich haiku is a "re-vision{" of the opening line of "Auguries of Innocence" by William Blake:

    To see a World in a Grain of Sand
    And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
    Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
    And Eternity in an hour
    .....

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