Sunday, January 19, 2020

Butterfly Dream: Aging Bodies Haiku by Kelley White

English Original

our aging bodies
in the summer moonlight
skinny-dipping

Kelley White


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

我們衰老的身體
沐浴在夏日月光中
一起裸泳

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

我们衰老的身体
沐浴在夏日月光中
一起裸泳


Bio Sketch

Pediatrician Kelley White has worked in inner city Philadelphia and rural New Hampshire. Her poems have appeared in  Exquisite Corpse, Rattle and JAMA. Her recent books are TOXIC ENVIRONMENT (Boston Poet Press) and TWO BIRDS IN FLAME (Beech River Books.) She received a 2008 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant.

1 comment:

  1. Kelley's haiku effectively builds, line by line, to an unexpected yet visually and emotionally powerful ending that reveals the theme of sexuality and aging.

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