English Original
H. Gene Murtha
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
垃圾回收日
一隻被沖走的蠕蟲
躺在雨後的水坑裡
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
垃圾回收日
一只被冲走的蠕虫
躺在雨后的水坑里
Bio Sketch
H. Gene Murtha, a naturalist and poet, sponsored and judged the first haiku contest for the inner city children of Camden, NJ., for the Virgilio Group, of which he was a lifetime member. He was widely published for his work in haikai literature from the USA to Japan.
Enhanced by the cinematic zoom-in technique, this shasei (sketch from life) haiku about recycling is visually and emotionally evocative and analogically effective.
ReplyDeleteGene's haiku works well on two levels, literal and analogical.