English Original
orthopedic clinic --
the skeleton watches
leaves fall
Nature Here is Half Japanese, 2010
Winona Baker
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
骨科診所 --
一個人體骷髏模型觀看
樹葉飄落
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
骨科诊所 --
一个人体骷髅模型观看
树叶飘落
Bio Sketch
Winona Baker was born in March 18, 1924 and moved to British Columbia, Canada in 1930. Living in Nanaimo, she raised four children with her husban. A haiku specialist, she received the top global prize in the 1989 World Haiku Contest in honour of Matsuo Basho’s 300th anniversary. She published Moss-Hung Trees. The title came from her prize-winning haiku. Her work had been translated into Japanese, French, Greek, Croatian, Romanian, and Yugoslavian. She passed away in Nanaimo on October 23, 2020.
L1 sets the thematic setting while the image of the "skeleton," which is used mainly as a stand-in for the N, watching "leaves fall," Ls2&3, effectively conveys a sense of inevitability.
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