English Original
summer evening ...
through crocodile's jaws
the time slips through
British Haiku Anthology, 2018
Srinivasa Rao Sambangi
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
夏夜 ...
穿過鱷魚的嘴巴
時光流逝
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
夏夜 ...
穿过鳄鱼的嘴巴
时光流逝
Bio Sketch
Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, a Master Black Belt in Six Sigma, is currently working in a Pharma Company in Hyderabad, India. His haiku are regularly published in all the leading haiku journals.
Functioning like a cliffhanger, the twist/surprise ending of L3, effectively conveys a sense of anxiety or poignant suspense in this middle-of-the-story haiku: what remains/is left between the crocodile's jaws, L2.
ReplyDeleteFor more, see "To the Lighthouse: Twist/Surprise Ending," accessed at http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2021/06/to-lighthouse-twistsurprise-ending.html