English Original
pansies
brimming with dewdrops
Mother’s Day
Poetry Pea, January 2021
Natalia Kuznetsova
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
三色堇
花邊滿是露珠
母親節
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
三色堇
花边满是露珠
母亲节
Bio Sketch
Living in Moscow, Russia, Natalia Kuznetsova is a teacher of English and freelance interpreter. Before discovering the haiku world, she wrote poetry in Russian. She started writing tanka and mostly haiku in English in 2007, and participated in numerous competitions worldwide and won some awards. She contributes regularly to World Haiku Review, Asahi Haikuist Network, Daily Haiku, Poetry Pea and other traditional and on-line publications. She was included on the list of "European Top 100 Most Creative Haiku Authors" from 2010 to 2023.
The visually and emotionally evocative and symbolically rich "pansies
ReplyDeletebrimming with dewdrops" are considered among the best and most beautiful gifts for/the most emotionally resonant symbols of mothers.
FYI: "Pansies are commonly associated with love, affection, and remembrance, particularly in the language of flowers. "
The following is my response, remembrance of my joyful and youthful mother:
Deleteblooming faces
mother's water sprinkler
spouts a rainbow