Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Butterfly Dream: Coffee Rings Haiku by Josephine LoRe

English Original

coffee rings
circle the morning paper
help wanted

Josephine LoRe


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

在早報上
一圈圈的咖啡杯印
招工廣告

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在早报上
一圈圈的咖啡杯印
招工广告


Bio Sketch

Josephine LoRe’s words have appeared in Haiku Canada anthologies, Gusts, Autumn Moon, Ephemerae, Asahi Haikuist, and the Setouchi-Matsuyama Competition. She participated in Women Echoing Women, a Haiku Enchantment. She has published two collections of poetry and photography and one short story. For more of her work, visit https://www.josephinelorepoet.com

1 comment:

  1. Visually and emotionally evocative Ls 1&2 show the time and energy spent by the N while L3 is layered with multiple meanings: "the ad." used to solicit hired help, or new employees and "the plea" to choose a suitable /find the right job .

    A fine example of "what's left unsaid is at least as potent as what's said."

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