Friday, December 11, 2020

Butterfly Dream: Shells and the Ocean Haiku by LeRoy Gorman

English Original

beach littered with shells
the ocean whispers
in vitro

tinywords, 16:2, December 30 2016

LeRoy Gorman


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

滿是貝殼的沙灘
在大海之外一片
低語聲

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

满是贝壳的沙滩
在大海之外一片
低语声


Bio Sketch

LeRoy Gorman lives in Napanee, Ontario. His poetry, much of it minimalist and visual, has appeared in publications and exhibitions worldwide. He is the author of two dozen poetry books and chapbooks. He is also the winner of the 2017 Dwarf Stars Award
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2 comments:

  1. Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐December 11, 2020 at 11:56 AM

    The implied contrast between life (Ls 2&3) and death (L1) makes this multi-sensory ocean haiku emotionally effective.

    And the thematically significant and symbolically rich phrase, the ocean, in L2 works effectively as the burial ground and the source of life.

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  2. Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐December 12, 2020 at 11:59 AM

    It might be interesting to do a comparative reading of the following haiku:

    the shell I take
    the shell it takes
    ebb tide

    Vincent Tripi

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