Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Butterfly Dream: Rusted Bucket Haiku by Debbie Strange

English Original

rusted bucket
cherry blossoms patch
every hole

Second Place, Second International Haiku Contest, 2016

Debbie Strange


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

生鏽的桶子
一朵朵櫻花填補
每個洞

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

生锈的桶子
一朵朵樱花填补
每个洞


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.

1 comment:

  1. The visual contrast between a rusted bucket with holes and cherry blossoms sharpens the thematic focus of fleeting beauty.

    A fresh and interesting haiku about cherry blossoms!

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