Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Butterfly Dream: Lunch Rush Haiku by Alexander B. Joy

English Original

lunch rush
        a homeless man
        feeding the birds

Alexander B. Joy


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

中午用餐高峰時間
        一個無家可歸的人
        正在餵鳥

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

中午用餐高峰时间
        一个无家可归的人
        正在喂鸟


Bio Sketch

Alexander B. Joy is a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A native of New England, he is fond of long autumns and winters. He has been writing haiku since 2008.

1 comment:

  1. L1 sets the scene/theme while the unexpected yet emotionally powerful L3 lifts the poem out of the ordinary.

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