Friday, April 19, 2024

Butterfly Dream: Ant Hill Haiku by Laryalee Fraser

English Original

ant hill ...
all these words searching
for a voice

Simply Haiku, 6:3, Autumn 2008

Laryalee Fraser 


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

螞蟻山丘 ...
所有這些字詞找尋
一個表達方式

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

蚂蚁山丘 ...
所有这些字词找寻
一个表达方式


Bio Sketch

A resident of British Columbia, Canada, Laryalee Fraser was actively engaged in online poetry forums from the mid-1990’s until her death in 2013. Her poetry has been widely published in haiku and tanka journals, and  in 2006, she compiled an online anthology of haiku, "a procession of ripples."

1 comment:

  1. Ants are often associated with themes of hard work, perseverance, and cooperation, and the communal colony/ant hill is their lifetime's work. Therefore, L1 is thematically, emotionally and symbolically resonant with the goal/purpose of Ls 2&3.

    And it might be interesting to do a thematic comparison reading of the following haiku:

    morning shower --
    finding just the word
    I was looking for

    Carolyn Hall

    One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.
    -- Jack Kerouac

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