Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Butterfly Dream: Starry Night Haiku by H. Gene Murtha

English Original

starry night
reeds bow
in a loon's wake

Biding Time: Selected Poems 2001-2013, 2013

H. Gene Murtha


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

滿天繁星的夜晚
一隻潛水鳥潛水之後
蘆葦彎腰示意

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

满天繁星的夜晚
一只潜水鸟潜水之後
芦苇弯腰示意


Bio Sketch

H. Gene Murtha, a naturalist and poet, sponsored and judged the first haiku contest for the inner city children of Camden, NJ., for the Virgilio Group, of which he was a lifetime member. He was widely published for his work in haikai literature from the USA to Japan.

1 comment:

  1. Gene's visually and emotionally effective use of personification adds one more layer of meaning to his imagistic haiku.

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