English Original
doomscrolling
down
past
Dante
Human/Kind Journal, 2020
Rich Schilling
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
瀏覽壞消息
直下
越過
但丁的神曲
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
浏览坏消息
直下
越过
但丁的神曲
Bio Sketch
Rich Schilling is a husband, dad, and award-winning poet. He has been published in Human/Kind Journal, NOON, antantantantant, Is/let, The Heron's Nest, Sonic Boom and numerous other journals.
The opneing word, doomscrolling, not only shows one's view of life but also one's mental state while the allusive rest adds sociopolitical significance to this vertical haiku.
ReplyDeleteA gentle reminder for the reader:
In this world
we walk on the roof of Hell
gazing at flowers
Issa
It might be interesting to do a thematic comparative reading of my "doomscrolling visual haiku," One Hundred Thirteenth Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary, accessed at http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2020/09/a-room-of-my-own-snaking-lineup-haiku.html
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