Friday, December 21, 2018

Butterfly Dream: Sandhill Cranes Haiku by Jo Balistreri

English Original

at the edge
of a crescent moon
sandhill cranes

The Heron’s Nest, 19:3, September 2017

Jo Balistreri


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

接近蛾眉月
的邊緣
一群沙丘鶴

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

接近蛾眉月
的边缘
一群沙丘鹤


Bio Sketch

Jo Balistreri began writing haiku in 2014.  She has two books of poetry published by Bellowing Ark Press and two chapbooks by Tiger's Eye Press and is grateful, but she has found her happiness with the haiku community. They have been generous with hospitality, encouragement and time. Jo sees haiku as a way of life she wants to live within.

1 comment:

  1. The visually evocative and symbolically rich juxtaposition of "crescent moon" and "sandhill cranes" makes this haiku emotionally effective.

    But I wonder if "lone sandhill crane" might sharpen the visual focus of this imagistic haiku.

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