Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Butterfly Dream: Doctor's Mask Haiku by John Hawkhead

English Original

winter light 
the doctor’s mask
softens the news

John Hawkhead 


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

冬日之光
醫生的口罩緩解
診斷的信息

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

冬日之光
医生的口罩缓解
诊断的信息


Bio Sketch

John Hawkhead is a writer of poetry, haiku, small plays and stories who has been published all over the world. His new book of haiku and senryu, Small Shadows, from Alba Publishing

1 comment:

  1. L1 depicts the fleeting moments of joy (sunlight in a cold winter) while the masked doctor's muffled voice in L 2 softens the covid19 blow implied in L3.

    It might be interesting to do a comparative reading of the 153rd entry of my Coronavirus Poetry Diary:

    moonlight through clouds
    Covid-19 breaking news
    on mute

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