Thursday, October 23, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Turtle Haiku by Robert D. Wilson

English Original

this turtle ...
heat weaving in and
out of rocks

The Living Haiku Anthology, February 14 2016

Robert D. Wilson


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

這隻烏龜 ...
暑氣在岩石間
穿梭

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

这只乌龟 ...
暑气在岩石间
穿梭


Bio Sketch

Robert D. Wilson is Co-Owner of Simply Haiku.

1 comment:

  1. This minimalist haiku is cinematically tactile and atmospheric. L1 lets the reader zoom in, then a pan shot, Ls 2&3, takes the reader to follow heat, thus this turtle, "weaving in and/ out of rocks."

    What makes this turtle haiku fresh and atmospherically effective is to put a special emphasis on heat's , not turtle's, movement.

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