Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Butterfly Dream: Train Journey Haiku by Alan Summers

English Original

train journey
the spreadsheet
of city lights

Stardust, 22, October 2018

Alan Summers

 
Chinese Translation (Traditional)

火車旅行
城市燈光看起來像是
展開的電子表格

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

火车旅行
城市灯光看起来像是
展开的电子表格

 
Bio Sketch

Alan Summers is President of the United Haiku and Tanka Society, and co-founder of Call of the Page. He enjoys watching classic episodes of Dr. Who, all over again, as his ten year old nephew has discovered them for himself. Website: www.callofthepage.org

2 comments:

  1. L1, [most likely to be a high-speed] "train" journey, sets the theme and mood while the use of a spreadsheet/"electronic" document simile for "city lights" in Ls 2&3 makes this urban life haiku visually luring and emotionally and atmospherically effective.

    And it might be interesting to do a comparative reading of my train haiku below:

    midnight train
    a lone winter star
    travels with me

    Last Train Home, 2018

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    1. Thank you!

      Lovely haiku by you.

      warm regards,
      Alan

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