Saturday, September 29, 2018

Butterfly Dream: Young Lovers Haiku by Lyn Reeve

English Original

afternoon beach
the young lovers cast
a single shadow

The Haiku Calendar, 2015

Lyn Reeves


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

下午的海灘
年輕的情侶投下
單一的陰影

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

下午的海滩
年轻的情侣投下
单一的阴影


Bio Sketch

Lyn Reeves is Vice President of the Australian Haiku Society and co-ordinator of the Hobart haiku group, Watersmeet. She was haiku editor for Famous Reporter from 1994- 2012 and an occasional editor for paper wasp.  Her first haiku collection, Walking the Tideline, was published by Pardalote Press in 2001.

1 comment:

  1. L1 sets the scene and emotional context while Ls 2&3 keenly capture a romantically intimate moment in the image of a single shadow cast by the young couple.

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