Saturday, April 30, 2016

Butterfly Dream: Mist Haiku by Alexander B. Joy

English Original

parting thoughts
   a figure swallowed
      by the mist

Alexander B. Joy


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

離別思念
    一個人影被薄霧
        所吞噬
   
Chinese Translation (Simplified)

离别思念
     一个人影被薄雾
          所吞噬


Bio Sketch

Alexander B. Joy is a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A native of New England, he is fond of long autumns and winters. He has been writing haiku since 2008.
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1 comment:

  1. Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐April 30, 2016 at 5:52 PM

    L1 establishes the theme while the absorbing image in Ls 2&3 effectively enhances the tone and mood of the poem.

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