English Original
H. Gene Murtha
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
癌症病房 --
一顆早日康復的氣球
在垃圾桶裡
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
癌症病房 --
一颗早日康复的气球
在垃圾桶里
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.
L 1 sets the scene/theme while Ls 2&3 show acute helplessness, then loss, and even anger experienced by someone whose loved one's life is lost to cancer.
ReplyDeleteHere is my haiku sequence to document the stages of losing someone:
Chronicle of a Death Unfolds
half moon rising ...
each day she slips
further away
hospital window
the light of the dying day
on her face
cancer ward
at the end of the hallway
blinking EXIT
winter moonlight
on the indented pillow --
her hospice room
the way
she tapped my shoulder ...
pattering rain
NeverEnding Story , January 23, 2015