English Original
winter twilight
the smell of hospitals
in my hair
Veronika Zora Novak
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
冬天暮色
在我的頭髮裡
醫院的味道
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
冬天暮色
在我的头发里
医院的味道
Bio Sketch
Veronika Zora Novak resides in Toronto, Canada. She studied Medical Office Administration at George Brown College and graduated with honours in 1999. She has been writing haiku and tanka since 2012 and has been published in acclaimed journals such as Under the Bashõ, Chrysathemum, Failed Haiku, Hedgerow, Prune Juice, Bleached Butterfly and many others.
L1 sets the scene and mood while the evocative, olfactory image of Ls 2&3 captures a moment of poignancy in this multi-sensory middle-of-the-story haiku about illness, a defining issue of our time now.
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