Monday, May 28, 2018

Butterfly Dream: Fog Haiku by Elisa Allo

English Original

on the road ...
the sun is a white circle
behind the fog

Modern Haiku, 48:2, Summer 2017

Elisa Allo


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

在旅途中 ...
薄霧後面的太陽
是白色的圓圈

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在旅途中...
薄雾后面的太阳
是白色的圆圈


Bio Sketch

Elisa Allo was born in Messina, Sicily, Italy, in 1974, and she currently lives in Switzerland. Since 2006, she has managed a blog, Ama no Gawa.  In 2007, she published a collection of haiku, tanka and senryū, Sushi diVersi. Some of her haiku and senryū were published in italian and international journals.

1 comment:

  1. A moment is keenly captured in this imagistic haiku, and on second reading, the image of the sun as a white circle effectively carries symbolic significance.

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