corpse lily: the plot turns Gothic
Presence, 58, 2017
Lorin Ford
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
屍體百合花： 情節變成哥特式
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
尸体百合花：情节变成哥特式
Bio Sketch
Lorin Ford has written haiku since 2004. Selections of her haiku are anthologized in, eg. Haiku in English, Where the River Goes , Haiku 21 and Nest Feathers. Her a wattle seedpod (PostPressed 2008) won a first place in the HSA Merit Book Awards. Her e-chapbook, A Few Quick Brushstrokes,was a 2011 Snapshot Press winner.
The fresh and engaging juxtaposition of a "corpse" lily and the "Gothic" story plot is emotionally effectively established through the "word link" (or "object link"; mono-zuke, which relies on lexical or word association).
ReplyDeleteFor more information about this giant, stinky flower, see the National Geographic youtube video, "The Corpse Flower: Behind the Stink," accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-uK5ulLBr8