English Original
ripening strawberries
another kick
from my swollen belly
Modern Haiku, 51:3, 2020
Lucy Whitehead
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
成熟的草莓
來自我腫脹肚子裡
的另一個踢腿
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
成熟的草莓
来自我肿胀肚子里
的另一个踢腿
Bio Sketch
Lucy Whitehead writes free verse and haiku. Her haiku have been published in various international journals and anthologies including Acorn, Akitsu Quarterly, Autumn Moon Haiku, bones, Frogpond, hedgerow, Modern Haiku, Presence, Prune Juice, The Heron's Nest, tinywords, and The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2018 and 2019. Twitter @blueirispoetry.
The shift, thematic and multi-sensory, in L3 makes this haiku fresh and heartwarming.
ReplyDeleteAnd my haiku below could be read as a sequel to Lucy's:
waiting room
a close look at the curve
of my wife's belly
Ephemerae,1, 2018