Butterfly Dream: Pinned Butterflies Haiku by Renée Owen

English Original

how to give up
this earthly body --
pinned butterflies

Modern Haiku, 45:2, Summer 2014

Renée Owen


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

如何放棄
這個塵世的身體 --
被別針固定的蝴蝶

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

如何放弃
这个尘世的身体 --
被别针固定的蝴蝶


Bio Sketch

Renée Owen’s first full-length collection, Alone on a Wild Coast, won a Snapshot Press Book Award and a Honourable Mention in the Haiku Foundation's 2014 Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards.  A psychotherapist and mixed-media artist, Renée enjoys performing her poetry for live audiences with her musician husband, Brian Foster