Sunday, September 23, 2018

Butterfly Dream: Cremation Haiku by Christiane Haen-Ranieri

English Original

returning after cremation
the dog brings me
your slippers

Runner up, 2017 IAFOR Vladimir Devidé Award

Christiane Haen-Ranieri


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

火化後返家
小狗給我帶來
你的拖鞋

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

火化后返家
小狗给我带来
你的拖鞋


Bio Sketch

Lulled by the bilingualism of her native Alsace where she devotes herself to her French-Italian family, Christiane Haen-Ranieri venerates the diversity of cultures and places of life. She brings us into her world with the precision of detail that was a relational necessity to her blind parents, and  that today provides the poetic enjoyment of her haiku.

2 comments:

  1. L1 sets the theme and emotional context while the deceptively simple everyday act portrayed in Ls 2&3 adds poignancy to the haiku.

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