English Original
snowstorm ...
the kettle humming
he's gone
Marion Alice Poirier
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
暴風雪 ...
水壺嗡嗡低吟
他走了
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
暴风雪 ...
水壶嗡嗡低吟
他走了
Bio Sketch
Marion Alice Poirier is a lifetime resident of Boston, MA. She began writing haiku in 2001 and eventually began to teach haiku in workshops on Poetry Circle and Emerging Poets. She also write short poetry and have been published in on-line haiku and short poetry journals like Tinywords, Hedgerow and The Heron's Nest.
The jux. of the natural imagery of the snowstorm, L1, and the personal moment of loss in the humming kettle, Ls 2&3, is strikingly fresh and poignant; it's like everything around the speaker is moving while the speaker is frozen in grief. And the simplicity of "he’s gone," L3, packs a punch. What's left unsaid is at least as potent as what's stated.
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