Sunday, March 24, 2019

Butterfly Dream: Spring Rain Haiku by Sylvia Forges-Ryan

English Original

spring rain
a sprinkle of arpeggios
from the street musician

Take a Deep Breath, 2002

Sylvia Forges-Ryan


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

春雨
來自街頭音樂家
一系列的琶音

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

春雨
来自街头音乐家
一系列的琶音


Bio Sketch

Sylvia Forges-Ryan, a former Frogpond editor, is the author of Take a Deep Breath, The Haiku Way to Inner Peace. Her latest book, What Light There Is, consists of haiku, senryu, and tanka, with art work by Ion Codrescu. Both books have been selected for permanent inclusion in the Beinecke Library at Yale University.

1 comment:

  1. The juxtaposition of life-giving spring rain and spirit-lifting street music makes this multi-sensory haiku emotionally effective.

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