Saturday, June 9, 2018

Butterfly Dream: Starlight Haiku by Marion Alice Poirier

English Original

starlight ...
under the blossoms
an old couple

Marion Alice Poirier


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

星光閃爍 ...
在盛開的鮮花底下
一對老夫婦

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

星光闪烁 ...
在盛开的鲜花底下
一对老夫妇


Bio Sketch

Marion Alice Poirier is a lifetime resident of  Boston, MA.  She began writing haiku in 2001 and eventually began to teach haiku in workshops on Poetry Circle and Emerging Poets. She also write short poetry and have been published in on-line haiku and short poetry journals like Tinywords, Hedgerow and The Heron's Nest.

2 comments:

  1. L1 sets the scene while the visual and symbolic contrasts between "blossoms" and "old couple" in Ls 2&3 make this haiku emotionally effective.

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    1. And it might be interesting to do a thematic comparison reading of the following haiku:

      this cherry tree
      has lived between
      our two lives

      Basho

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