turtle through the reeds
whispering
our secrets
To Hear the Rain, 2002
Peggy Willis Lyles
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
一隻烏龜穿過蘆葦
竊竊私語
我們的秘密
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
一只乌龟穿过芦苇
窃窃私语
我们的秘密
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.
A sense of yugen is effectively conveyed through the visually and emotionally evocative image of this middle-of-the-story "ichibutsu shitate" (FYI: "To the Lighthouse: Ichibutsu Shitate (One-Image/Object/Topic Haiku)", accessed at http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2015/01/to-lighthouse-ichibutsu-shitate-one.html)
ReplyDeleteAnd Peggy's haiku (about summer reeds) reminds me of her most famous turtle haiku:
Indian summer
a turtle on a turtle
on a rock
Heron's Nest Award winner, 3:10, December 2001