first rain
filling the rice terraces
a ploughman’s song
cattails, May 2015
Sonam Chhoki
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
第一場雨
注滿了梯田
犁人之歌
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
第一场雨
注满了梯田
犁人之歌
Bio Sketch
Born
and raised in the kingdom of Bhutan. Sonam Chhoki is inspired by her
father, Sonam Gyamtsho, the architect of Bhutan's non-monastic modern
education. Her Japanese short form poetry has been published in journals
and anthologies in several countries. She is the current haibun and
haiku editor of the UHTS journal, cattails.
The auditorily and visually resonant juxtaposition and the effective use of a pivot make this haiku effective and affecting.
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