Wednesday, April 13, 2016

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
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1 comment:

  1. Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐April 13, 2016 at 9:21 AM

    The symbolically rich and emotionally poignant juxtaposition between an "earthly body" and "pinned butterflies" opens up an interpretative/mental space for the reader's imagination/emotion.

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