English Original
prison fence:
the razor wire glints
with first light
Simply Haiku, 1:3, September 2003
George Swede
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
監獄圍籬：
鐵絲網閃耀著
第一道曙光
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
监狱围篱：
铁丝网闪耀着
第一道曙光
Bio Sketch
George Swede's most recent collections of haiku are Almost Unseen (Decatur, IL: Brooks Books, 2000), Joy In Me Still (Edmonton: Inkling Press, 2010) and micro haiku: three to nine syllables (Inspress, 2014). He is a former editor of Frogpond: Journal of the Haiku Society of America (2008-2012) and a former Honorary Curator of the American Haiku Archives (2008-2009).
L1 sets the theme of the haiku while visually and emotionally evocative Ls 2&3 enhance its tone and mood.
ReplyDeleteMy prison haiku below could be read as its sequels:
feeling the sun
on his wrinkled face ...
prison yard
hedgerow, 108, March 10, 2017
winter raindrops
along a strand of barbed wire --
inmate visitation
Selected Haiku, 2014 Sharpening the Green Pencil Haiku Contest