Saturday, December 4, 2021

Butterfly Dream: Twilight Chill Haiku by H. Gene Murtha

English Original

a V takes shape
flapping from the pond
twilight chill


H. Gene Murtha 


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一群鵝形成V型
拍打翅膀飛過池塘
暮色寒意

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一群鹅形成V型
拍打翅膀飞过池塘
暮色寒意


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 haiku is tightly structured with an emotionally undercurrent that runs through these evocative visuals of a V of geese flying from the pond in autumn's twilight chill.

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

    autumn twilight
    zig-zag flight of a heron
    from the marsh

    Simply Haiku, 10:1, Spring/Summer 2012

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