English Original
season’s end
the ice-fishing tracks
fill with water
Upstate Dim Sum, Spring 2022
Hilary Tann
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
季節結束
這些冰釣軌跡
充滿了水
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
季节结束
这些冰钓轨迹
充满了水
Bio Sketch
Hilary Tann was a founding member of the Route 9 Haiku Group known for its biannual anthology of haiku and senryu, Upstate Dim Sum. Her work has appeared in various publications, including 20 issues of Upstate Dim Sum (2001-2010) and Mann Library Archive (December 2008). And she was also an internationally acclaimed composer known for the lyricism and spirituality of her music and for her devotion to students over four decades of teaching at Union College in Schenectady, New York.
L1 sets the tone and mood while Ls 2&3 show what's left of the end of an ice-fishing season.
ReplyDeleteA fine shasei (sketch from life) haiku infused with concrete imagery, written in a matter-of-fact tone.
And it might be interesting to do a thematic comparison reading of my haiku below:
summer's end
my footprints in the sand
a little deeper
Wednesday Haiku, 2015