cactus blossoms
they say she’s nice
when you get to know her
Hedgerow, 119, 2017
Jennifer Hambrick
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
仙人掌花
當你認識她時他們說
她人很好
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
仙人掌花
当你认识她时他们说
她人很好
Bio Sketch
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Pushcart Prize nominee, Jennifer Hambrick has received honors in the
Vancouver International Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational, the
International Golden Triangle Haiku Contest, the Jane Reichhold Memorial
Haiga Competition, from NHK World TV’s Haiku Masters series, and
elsewhere. A classical musician and public radio broadcaster and web
producer, Jennifer’s blog, Inner Voices, is at jenniferhambrick.com
Juxtaposed with these symbolically rich yellow cactus flowers that can thrive in harsh conditions, Ls 2&3 give readers poetic food for thought on the meaning of character.
ReplyDeleteCharacter is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
-- Abraham Lincoln