Friday, May 3, 2019

Butterfly Dream: Barbed Wire Fence Haiku by Olivier Schopfer

English Original

feathers caught
on a barbed wire fence ...
recurrence                      

Acorn, 37, Fall 2016

Olivier Schopfer


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一根羽毛
卡在鐵絲網上 ...
癌症復發

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一根羽毛
卡在铁丝网上 ...
癌症复发


Bio Sketch

Olivier Schopfer lives in Geneva, Switzerland. He likes to capture the moment in haiku and photography. His work has appeared in anthologies, and numerous online and print journals. He is the author of three books: In the Mirror: Concrete Haiku (Scars Publications, 2018), So Many Miles: Fifty Senryu (Alien Buddha Press, 2019) and Half in Light, Half in the Shade: Haiku and Senryu (Cyberwit, 2019).

1 comment:

  1. The visually striking and symbolically rich opening image of Ls 1&2 where synecdoche is employed greatly enhances the thematic and emotional significance of L3, "recurrence"

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