Butterfly Dream: Sound of Leaves Haiku by Susan Constable

English Original

no moon …
the sound of leaves
catching rain

Commended, 2009 White Lotus Contest

Susan Constable


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

沒有月亮的夜晚 ...
樹葉接住雨
的滴答聲

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

没有月亮的夜晚 ...
树叶接住雨
的滴答声


Bio Sketch

Susan Constable’s haiku and tanka appear in numerous journals and anthologies. Her tanka collection, The Eternity of Waves, was one of the winning entries in the eChapbook Awards for 2012. She co-edited the 2014 anthology for the Seabeck Haiku Retreat and is a is a co-editor for the 2016 TSA Anthology.