Monday, January 7, 2019

Butterfly Dream: Boundary Fence Haiku by Gavin Austin

English Original

boundary fence
the sunrise snags
on barbed wire

tinywords, 16:2, 2016

Gavin Austin


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

邊界的柵欄
日出受阻
在鐵絲網上

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

边界的栅栏
日出受阻
在铁丝网上


Bio Sketch

Gavin Austin, lives in Sydney, Australia and writes mostly short fiction and poetry. His work has appeared in many Australian and international publications and has been successful in numerous writing competitions. Gavin was the Featured Poet for the January 2016 edition of cattails.

2 comments:

  1. L1 sets the scene while the visually poignant image of sunrise snagging on barbed wire in Ls 2&3 adds emotional weight and psychological depth to the haiku.

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  2. Provokes one to think. Very nicely written.

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