Butterfly Dream: Snow Storm Haiku by Bill Pauly

English Original

snow storm ...

unbuttoning

her in the dark

Walking Uneven Ground: Selected Haiku, 2021

Bill Pauly

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

暴風雪 ...

在黑暗中我解開

她的衣服

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

暴风雪 ...

在黑暗中我解开

她的衣服

Bio Sketch

Bill Pauly published two small books of haiku: Wind the Clock by Bittersweet (1977) and Time from His Bones (1978), but later his work appeared mainly in the haiku journals. And his collection of haiku,Walking Uneven Ground: Selected Haiku, won a a Touchstone Distinguished Books Honorable Mention. 

Butterfly Dream: Sausage Meat Haiku by Bill Pauly

English Original

grinding sausage meat

she recounts the times

her husband cheated

Walking Uneven Ground: Selected Haiku, 2021

Bill Pauly

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

磨碎香腸肉 ...

她追敘她的丈夫出軌

的那些期間

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

磨碎香肠肉 ...

她追叙她的丈夫出轨

的那些期间

Bio Sketch

Bill Pauly published two small books of haiku: Wind the Clock by Bittersweet (1977) and Time from His Bones (1978), but later his work appeared mainly in the haiku journals. And his collection of haiku,Walking Uneven Ground: Selected Haiku, won a a Touchstone Distinguished Books Honorable Mention. 

Butterfly Dream: Deaf Man Haiku by Bill Pauly

English Original

the deaf man

at his windowpane

touching thunder

Walking Uneven Ground: Selected Haiku, 2021

Bill Pauly

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一個聾子

在他的窗戶玻璃上

觸摸雷聲

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一个聋子

在他的窗户玻璃上

触摸雷声

Bio Sketch

Bill Pauly published two small books of haiku: Wind the Clock by Bittersweet (1977) and Time from His Bones (1978), but later his work appeared mainly in the haiku journals. And his collection of haiku,Walking Uneven Ground: Selected Haiku, won a a Touchstone Distinguished Books Honorable Mention. 

Butterfly Dream: Old Woman Haiku by Bill Pauly

English Original

old woman, 

rain in the eye 

of her needle

First Place, 1981 H.G. Henderson Haiku Contest

Bill Pauly

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一位老婦人

雨滴停留

在她的針孔內

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一位老妇人

雨滴停留

在她的针孔内

Bio Sketch

Bill Pauly published two small books of haiku: Wind the Clock by Bittersweet (1977) and Time from His Bones (1978), but later his work appeared mainly in the haiku journals. And his collection of haiku,Walking Uneven Ground: Selected Haiku, won a a Touchstone Distinguished Books Honorable Mention.