turn of the tide
from the shellfish
drops of the sea
Valley Micropress, 21:9, 2018
Patricia Prime
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
翻轉的浪潮
從一個貝殼滴下
幾滴海水
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
翻转的浪潮
从一个贝壳滴下
几滴海水
Bio Sketch
Patricia Prime is the editor of the New Zealand haiku magazine Kokako, one of the editors of Contemporary Haibun Online and she writes reviews for Atlas Poetica, Takahe, Kokako and other magazines. She is one of the judges for GEPPO and Gusts. Patricia recently published a collection of her poems.
L1 sketches an ocean scene while fresh and thought-provoking L3 adds philosophical depth to the haiku, reminding me of the famous lines from the first stanza of William Blake's"Auguries of Innocence:"
ReplyDeleteTo see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.