meteor shower
wisps of steam rise
from hot springs
Thomas Martin
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
流星雨
一縷縷蒸汽般的水霧
從溫泉裊裊上升
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
流星雨
一缕缕蒸汽般的水雾
从温泉袅袅上升
Bio Sketch
Thomas Martin was raised on a farm in the Piedmont of North Carolina and graduated from the University of North Carolina with a major in English Literature. He lives in the Pacific Northwest of the USA and has written poetry since his teens.
The visual contrasts between the celestial event/streams of cosmic debris (L1) and the geothermal phenomenon/"wisps of steam ... from hot springs" (Ls 2&3) lift the poem out of the ordinary.
ReplyDeleteA moment is keenly captured in this nature haiku.