Sunday, July 9, 2017

Butterfly Dream: Canadian Flags Haiku by kjmunro

English Original

moving to Japan
Canadian flags tape
shut the boxes

bottle rockets,  34,  2016

kjmunro


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

移居到日本
使用加拿大國旗膠帶
封鎖箱子

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

移居到日本
使用加拿大国旗胶带
封锁箱子


Bio Sketch

Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, kjmunro moved to the Yukon Territory in 1991. She is Membership Secretary for Haiku Canada, & is an Associate Member of the League of Canadian Poets. She founded 'solstice haiku', a monthly haiku discussion group, in 2014, & has a leaflet with Leaf Press.
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1 comment:

  1. Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐July 9, 2017 at 8:16 AM

    L1 establishes the theme while L2 reveals not only personal attachment but also national identity. And on a second reading, the "boxes" in L3 effectively carry symbolic significance.

    This haiku reminds me of one of my tanka on immigration:

    piece by piece
    I packed 40 years
    into 60 boxes
    once in Canada
    they fill an Ajax attic

    opening tanka of "Canadian Experience"
    Atlas Poetica, 5, 2010

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