Saturday, July 27, 2019

Butterfly Dream: Bouquet of Sky Haiku by Debbie Strange

English Original

homecoming ...
a bouquet of sky
in an old jar

First Place, 2017 Australian Haiku Society Spring Haiga Kukai

Debbie Strange


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

返鄉 ...
舊罐子裡一束蔚藍
的天空顏色

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

返乡 ...
旧罐子里一束蔚蓝
的天空颜色 


Bio Sketch

Debbie Strange is an award-winning Canadian short form poet, haiga artist, and photographer. Keibooks released her second full-length poetry collection, Three-Part Harmony: Tanka Verses, in 2018, and Folded Word published her haiku chapbook, A Year Unfolding, in 2017. An archive of publications may be accessed at http://debbiemstrange.blogspot.com/

2 comments:

  1. L1 sets the theme while visually evocative Ls 2&3 enhance the tone and mood of the haiku. And the fresh phrasing and perspective employed in L2 make this homecoming haiku emotionally effective.

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  2. A worthy first place haiku in the kukai. Lovely to see it translated to chinese with a fine comment. Thank you Debbie and Chen-ou Liu Ron Moss

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