English Original
fifty years on ...
dad's old guitar and me
get in tune at last
"Haiku Dialogue," The Haiku Foundation, October 8, 2025
Natalia Kuznetsova
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
五十年過去了 ...
爸爸的老吉他和我
終於合拍了
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
五十年过去了 ...
爸爸的老吉他和我
终于合拍了
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.
L1 immediately establishes distance and a sense of history, while Ls 2&3 present both the literal image (L2) and the emotional resolution (L3) in a single stroke.
ReplyDeleteThe language of this heartfelt haiku is simple and unforced, shaping its emotional arc in just a few words.