Monday, May 28, 2018

Butterfly Dream: Life Haiku by Elizabeth Moura

English Original

bare pine branches
acceptance of this life
and yet ...

Elizabeth Moura


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

光禿的松枝
就接受今生吧
但是 ...

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

光秃的松枝
就接受今生吧
但是 ...


Bio Sketch

Elizabeth Moura has written haiku, senryu and tanka for many years, and has been published in paper magazines and anthologies and online magazines. She lives in a converted factory.

1 comment:

  1. L1 sets the seasonal and emotional context while L3 effectively sharpens the contrast between the cyclic nature of a plant's life and the one-lifetime nature of human life, adding emotional weight and psychological depth to the poem.

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