Thursday, June 18, 2020

Butterfly Dream: Cricket Haiku by George Swede

English Original

creek 
cricket 
creaking

micro haiku: three to nine syllables, 2014

George Swede


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

溪邊
的蟋蟀
吱吱作響

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

溪边
的蟋蟀
吱吱作响


Bio Sketch

George Swede's most recent collections of haiku are Almost Unseen (Decatur, IL: Brooks Books, 2000), Joy In Me Still (Edmonton: Inkling Press, 2010) and micro haiku: three to nine syllables (Inspress, 2014). He is a former editor of Frogpond: Journal of the Haiku Society of America (2008-2012) and a former Honorary Curator of the American Haiku Archives (2008-2009).

1 comment:

  1. George's effective use of these hard c/k's paints a lively yet a little "noisy" summer scene in this extreme minimalist haiku.

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