Sunday, August 8, 2021

Butterfly Dream: Biding Time Haiku by H. Gene Murtha

English Original

biding time ...
spit drips down
the thistle


H. Gene Murtha 


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

投標時間 ...
唾沫從薊草上
滴下來

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

标价时间 ...
唾沫从蓟草上
滴下来


Bio Sketch

H. Gene Murtha, a naturalist and poet, sponsored and judged the first haiku contest for the inner city children of Camden, NJ., for the Virgilio Group, of which he was a lifetime member. He was widely published for his work in haikai literature from the USA to Japan.

1 comment:

  1. Gene's title haiku of his last published collection of haiku effectively shows the bidder's personality/character (implied from spitting behavior, Ls 2&3) under stress (implied from L1).

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