Friday, January 31, 2020

Butterfly Dream: Birthday Cake Haiku by Joanne Morcom

English Original

birthday cake
a slice for everyone
in the hospice

tinywords, 16:2, 2017

Joanne Morcom


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

生日蛋糕
在臨終病床邊每個人
分享一塊蛋糕

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

生日蛋糕
在临终病床边每个人
分享一块蛋糕


Bio Sketch

Joanne Morcom is a poet and social worker who lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  She has published four poetry collections and her work appears in online and print journals and anthologies. 

1 comment:

  1. The shift, thematic and emotional, in L3 makes this birthday/illness haiku both heartwarming and heart-aching at the same time.

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