Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Butterfly Dream: Dreams of Yesterday Haiku by Sebastian Salie

English Original

recycling centre
where to put the dreams
of yesterday

Fotohaiku

Sebastian Salie


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

回收中心
昨天的夢想
要放在哪裡

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

回收中心
昨天的梦想
要放在哪里


Bio Sketch

Sebastian Salie was born in 1974 and lives in the Lüneburger Heide, northern Germany. He has published short poems in several anthologies and online.

1 comment:

  1. The fresh yet poignant juxtaposition of recycling used items and dreams of yesterday (unfulfilled ones)makes this haiku emotionally effective. This haiku reminds me one of my haiku about recycling:

    the cold moon ...
    I recycle a dream
    from my youth


    Haiku of Merit (Neo Classical), World Haiku Review, March 2013

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