ultrasound scan
I rearrange
my dreams
Third Place, 2015 Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards
Sonam Chhoki
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
超聲波掃描
我重新安排
我的夢想
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
超声波扫描
我重新安排
我的梦想
Bio Sketch
Born
and raised in the kingdom of Bhutan. Sonam Chhoki is inspired by her
father, Sonam Gyamtsho, the architect of Bhutan's non-monastic modern
education. Her Japanese short form poetry has been published in journals
and anthologies in several countries. She is the current haibun and
haiku editor of the UHTS journal, cattails.
Third place goes to another haiku of just six words. This haiku's topic is a big one, life and death. The poem asks the question of what can be done to thwart the modern technological absolute of the ultrasound's verdict. The answer lies in another absolute, which each of us possesses: free will. "I rearrange / my dreams" is a playful concept, a welcome outcome of the poet's musings on mortality, and a fine example of the healing power of haiku.
ReplyDelete-- excerpted from Judge's Comment, which can be accessed at http://www.theheronsnest.com/awards/awards_2015.html