Thursday, January 10, 2019

Butterfly Dream: Ribcage Haiku by Hazel Hall

English Original

cherry blossoms
beneath her ribcage
a little kick

Honourable  Mention, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2017.

Hazel Hall


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

盛開的櫻花
她感覺到胸腔下方
一陣踢腿

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

盛开的樱花
她感觉到胸腔下方
一阵踢腿


Bio Sketch

Hazel Hall is a Canberra poet, musicologist and convenor of the School of Music Poets. She has published in a wide range of local and overseas journals and anthologies. Her publications include Sugar Loaf and Humming Birds with John Collard (2013), Eggshell Sky (2017) and Moonlight Over the Siding (forthcoming).

1 comment:

  1. Empowered by the visually and emotionally resonant juxtaposition, a moment is keenly captured in Hazel's imagistic haiku whose unexpected L3 tugs at the reader's heartstrings.

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