morning star
water droplets glint
on crane feathers
141st Haiga Contest, April 2016
Debbie Strange
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
晨星
在一隻鸛的羽毛上
水滴閃閃發光
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
晨星
在一只鹳的羽毛上
水滴闪闪发光
Bio Sketch
Debbie
Strange is an award-winning Canadian short form poet, haiga artist, and
photographer. Keibooks released her full-length poetry collection, Warp and Weft: Tanka Threads in 2015, and Folded Word published her haiku chapbook, A Year Unfolding in 2017. An archive of publications may be accessed at www.debbiemstrange.blogspot.ca.
The contrast of lights (star light vs reflected light from the sun) between the two parts of this imagistic haiku is visually and emotionally effective.
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