English Original
all-day rain
perhaps I am
a robot
Stardust, 72, December 2022
Julie Schwerin
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
整天都在下雨
也許我是
一個機器人
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
整天都在下雨
也许我是
一个机器人
Bio Sketch
Julie Schwerin (she/her - Sun Prairie, Wisconsin) is an associate editor at The Heron's Nest , author of Walking Away From the Sunset (Brooks Books, 2023) and What Was Here (Folded Word Press, 2015).
L1 sets the theme and mood while unexpected yet lighthearted L3, an implication of a robot having no feelings, enhances the "hai aspect" of this emotionally relatable rain haiku.
ReplyDeleteAnd it might be interesting to do a thematic comparison reading of the following haiku:
all day rain ...
the hyacinths
bluer
NeverEnding Story, November 3, 2023
Marion Clarke
These mood haiku above are all about ways of seeing/feeling:
DeleteThe following is another one:
all day rain
my to-do list
dissolves
NeverEnding Story, June 4, 2019
Joyce Budenberg