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
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.
ReplyDeleteIt 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