Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Butterfly Dream: Permafrost Haiku by Debbie Strange

English Original

permafrost
a polar bear’s paws
sink deeper


Debbie Strange


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

永凍土
一隻北極熊的爪子
陷得更深

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

永冻土
一只北极熊的爪子
陷得更深


Bio Sketch

Debbie Strange is an award-winning Canadian short form poet, haiga artist, and photographer. Keibooks released her second full-length poetry collection, Three-Part Harmony: Tanka Verses in 2018, and Folded Word published her haiku chapbook, A Year Unfolding in 2017. An archive of publications may be accessed at http://debbiemstrange.blogspotcom/

1 comment:

  1. L1 depicts an Arctic scene while Ls 2&3 hint at one of the devastating effects of climate change.

    What's left unsaid is far more important than what's said.

    And my haiku below could be read as a sequel to Debbie's:

    winter sunshine ...
    a polar bear
    d r i f t i n g o f f

    Haiku News (Feb., 15, 2010)
    To see its concrete format, visit http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2010/04/winter-haiku.html

    FYI: The Arctic has warmed three times more quickly than the planet as a whole, and faster than previously thought, a report warned... The alarming finding comes from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) in a report timed to coincide with a ministerial meeting this week of the Arctic Council in Reykjavik, which gathers countries bordering the region.... Phys.org, May 20, 202, accessed at https://phys.org/news/2021-05-arctic-faster-planet.html

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