not quite goodbye --
an ocean beats
against the rocks
Modern Haiku, 40:3, Autumn 2009
Peggy Willis Lyles
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
尚未告別 --
一波又一波的海浪
拍打岩石
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
尚未告别 --
一波又一波的海浪
拍打岩石
Bio Sketch
Peggy
Willis Lyles was born in Summerville, South Carolina, on September 17,
1939. She died in Tucker, Georgia on September 3, 2010. A former English
professor, she was a leading haiku writer for over 30 years -- helping
bring many readers and writers into the haiku community.
L1, "not quite goodbye" (and yet eventually farewell), sets the tone and mood while the beating sound of Ls 2&3 adds emotional weight to this goodbye haiku, which could be read as a prequel to my haiku below:
ReplyDeletethe waves
lapping blue at the shore ...
alone again
Revision, Cattails, January 2016