Butterfly Dream: Last Patient Haiku by Kelley Jean White

English Original

last patient, Friday afternoon
I cup a newborn’s head
in a single hand

Kelley Jean White


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

週五下午最後一個病人，
我用單手托住
一個新生兒的頭

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

週五下午最後一个病人，
我用单手托住
一个新生儿的头


Bio Sketch

Pediatrician Kelley Jean White worked in inner city Philadelphia and now works in rural New Hampshire. Her poems have appeared in journals including Exquisite Corpse, Rattle and JAMA.  Her most recent books are TOXIC ENVIRONMENT (Boston Poet Press) and TWO BIRDS IN FLAME (Beech River Books.) She received a 2008 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant.