Father's Day
the pyracantha
cuts me back
Acorn, 33, Fall 2014
Helen Buckingham
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
父親節
火棘灌木叢
讓我退縮
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
父亲节
火棘灌木丛
让我退缩
Bio Sketch
Helen
Buckingham lives in Wells, England. Her work has been placed in awards,
journals and anthologies throughout the world, among the latter: 'Haiku
in English: the first hundred years' (Norton, 2013). Her collections
include water on the moon (Original Plus, 2010) and Sanguinella (Red Moon Press, 2017), both shortlisted for the Touchstone Award.
L1 sets the theme while Ls 2&3 not only add emotional weight to the poem but also function well as a metaphor for the speaker's relationship with his/her father.
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