Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Butterfly Dream: Otsukimi Haiku by Maria Laura Valente

English Original

otsukimi --
a pink quartz heart
on her necklace

Asahi Haikuist Network, 18, 2016

Maria Laura Valente


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

中秋賞月 --
粉紅色的石英心
在她的項鍊上

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

中秋赏月 --
粉红色的石英心
在她的项鍊上


Bio Sketch

Maria Laura Valente is an Italian poet. Lately, she has won awards in several italian haiku and poetry  contests. Her English haiku and senryu have been published in many journals and columns.  Her new Italian poetry book, Lustralia – Abluzioni Liriche, has just been published. Her  haiku collection will be published in 2017.

1 comment:

  1. The contrasts between the two parts ( the mid-autumn full moon and a pink quartz heart) of the haiku is visually and emotionally effective.

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