English Original
charred earth
a dragon-shaped cloud
breathes smoke
Under the Bashō , May 17, 2022
Barbara Sabol
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
燒焦的土地
龍形雲朵
噴吐著煙霧
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
烧焦的土地
龙形云朵
喷吐着烟雾
Bio Sketch
Barbara Sabol’s most recent collection, Connections: core & all, was published by Bird Dog Press in 2022. She is the associate editor of Sheila-Na-Gig online. Barbara conducts poetry workshops through Literary Cleveland. She lives in Akron, Ohio with her husband and wonder dogs.
This fresh and sociopolitically conscious haiku with a mythological bent ( as implied from Ls 2&3) depicts and also implies three environmental consequences caused by forest fires: soil degradation, L1, severe air pollution, L3, and due to L3, a significant release of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.
ReplyDeleteAnd my haiku below could be read as its sequel:
tongues of forest fires
there's no Plan[et] B, the rest
blah, blah, blah ...
NeverEnding Story, November 21 2022