English Original
scant pulse ...
the pink petal drift
of his birth
Honorable Mention, 2016 Haiku Invitational
Jan Benson
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
脈搏勉強地跳動 ...
他的誕生像是
飄落的粉紅色花瓣
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
脉搏勉强地跳动 ...
他的诞生像是
飘落的粉红色花瓣
Bio Sketch
Jan Benson was a Pushcart Prize nominated haiku poet. Her haiku were published in many of the world's leading haiku journals and magazines. Jan was a member of The World Haiku Association and Poetry Society of Texas. Jan's profile can be found on The Haiku Foundation "Poet Registry" and online at The Living Haiku Anthology.
Jan's haiku effectively builds, line by line, to an thematically, visually, and emotionally poignant ending that reveals the theme of "untimely death/short life." And L2, the pink petal drift, effectively carries significance, visual, emotional, and symbolic, that foregrounds the thematic focus.
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