Friday, May 8, 2020

Butterfly Dream: Glass Vase Haiku by Jack Galmitz

English Original

A glass vase
holds a warped table
& a white rose

not-zero-sum, 2015

Jack Galmitz


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一個玻璃花瓶
容納一張彎曲的桌子
和一朵白玫瑰

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一个玻璃花瓶
容纳一张弯曲的桌子
和一朵白玫瑰


Bio Sketch

Jack Galmitz was born in NYC in 1951. He received a Ph.D in English from the University of Buffalo.  He is an Associate of the Haiku Foundation and Contributing Editor at Roadrunner.  His most recent books are Views (Cyberwit.net,2012), a genre study of minimalist poetry, and Letters (Lulu Press, 2012), a book of poetry.  He lives in New York with his wife and stepson.

3 comments:

  1. Each is a koan-like meditation, sufficient to itself, but each is a part connected to a greater cycle... Jack's poetry is light, rendered in deft and nimble touches, evoking a mood...

    -excerpted from a short review by Gregory K.H. Bryant, accessed at http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2015/11/cool-announcement-new-release-non-zero.html

    A koan-like moment is keenly captured in Jack's painterly, rhythmically beautiful and image driven one-sentence haiku

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  2. I hadn't seen this until today. I very much thank you Chen-ou Liu for your kind words. I am a bit saddened because Gregory K.H. Bryant passed on some years ago. But I'm left with a feeling of respect and love from both of you and I can hardly find words to express my gratitude.

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    1. Dear Jack:

      Thanks for your continued support of my translation project.

      Stay safe and well

      All the best,

      Chen-ou

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