English Original
war news
again I stand
with the wildflowers
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 7:1
Elmedin Kadric
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
戰爭新聞
再一次我支持
遍地野花
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
战争新闻
再一次我支持
遍地野花
Bio Sketch
Elmedin Kadric was born in Novi Pazar, Serbia, but writes out of Helsingborg, Sweden. His first collection, buying time (2017), was published by Red Moon Press.
Unexpected yet thematically significant and visually and emotionally evocative L3 not only makes this "war news/L1" haiku effective as an "anti-war" poem but also hints at the environmental consequences of war.
ReplyDeleteAnd "again" in L2 enhances the emotional aspect of the haiku.