Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Butterfly Dream: Sultry Night Haiku by Dejan Pavlinović

English Original

cutting its way
through the sultry night
a mosquito

Down the Milky Way, 2016

Dejan Pavlinović


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一路穿過
悶熱的夜晚
一隻蚊子

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一路穿过
闷热的夜晚
一只蚊子


Bio Sketch

Dejan Pavlinović (1968) is a haiku poet from Pula, Croatia. His haiku have been published, awarded and commended worldwide. When not busy with his family, work, travel, sea, sun, football, music and other blessings, Dejan occasionally publishes his haiku both in Croatian and English on his SMILING CRICKET HAIKU BLOG. MLIJEČNOM STAZOM - DOWN THE MILKY WAY is his first haiku collection.

2 comments:

  1. Dejan's use of hyperbole ("cutting" its way) effectively enhances the "hai" (comic) aspect of the poem.

    Note: For more information about the use of hyperbole, see my "To the Lighthouse" post, "A Rhetorical Device,Hyperbole," which can be accessed at http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/2015/03/to-lighthouse-rhetorical-device.html

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