English Original
snowmelt
the border mountain drips
bullet by bullet
Frogpond, 47:2, Spring/Summer 2024
Srinivasa Rao Sambangi
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
融雪
從邊境山頭
一顆顆子彈滴下來
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
融雪
从边境山头
一颗颗子弹滴下来
Bio Sketch
Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, a Master Black Belt in Six Sigma, is currently working in a pharma company in Hyderabad, India. His haiku are regularly published in all the leading haiku journals
Unexpected yet thematically significant and visually and emotionally poignant L3 makes this border mountain haiku sociopolitically conscious and relevant.
ReplyDeleteAnd the geopolitical area, "border" mountain, might give the reader a hint about one of the possible cuases of war/armed conflicts as implied from L3.
FYI: Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law: Today, it monitors more than 110 armed conflicts and provides information about parties, the latest developments, and applicable international law. Some of these conflicts make the headlines, others do not. Some of them started recently, while others have lasted for more than 50 years.