Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Butterfly Dream: Early Twilight Haiku by Elmedin Kadric

English Original

early twilight
sorting shells
by sound

Frogpond, 38:1, Winter 2015

Elmedin Kadric


Chinese Translation (Traditional)
   
微明的時刻
憑借聲音
分類貝殼

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

微明的时刻
凭借声音
分类贝壳 


Bio Sketch

Elmedin Kadric was born in Novi Pazar, Serbia, but writes out of Helsingborg, Sweden. A student of both longer and shorter forms of poetry, and an avid observer of everything else.

2 comments:

  1. Within such a short space of 6 words (9 syllables), Elmedin skillfully sketches a seashore life in this multi-sensory haiku, which is tightly structured with an emotional undercurrent.

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  2. -Elmedin Kadric
    -One of my new favorite haijin.
    -Glad to see his work here, Chen-ou
    Jan

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