Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Butterfly Dream: Starlings Haiku by Ben Moeller-Gaa

English Original

twilight
a flock of starlings turning
turning back

A Hundred Gourds, 5:3, 2016

Ben Moeller-Gaa


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

薄暮
一群椋鳥轉身
回頭

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

薄暮
一群椋鸟转身
回头


Bio Sketch

Ben Moeller-Gaa is a haiku poet and a contributing poetry editor to River Styx. He is the author of two haiku chapbooks, Wasp Shadows (Folded Word 2014) and Blowing on a Hot Soup Spoon (poor metaphor design 2014). You can find more on Ben online at www.benmoellergaa.com

1 comment:

  1. Ben effectively employs the technique of repetition to faithfully capture the shifting movement of starlings.

    See, "amazing starlings murmuration," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmO4Ellgmd0

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