Butterfly Dream: Soft Brush Haiku by Claire Vogel Camargo

English Original

the soft brush
of our hands folding sheets
cherry blossoms

Sakura Award, 2018 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Haiku Festival

Claire Vogel Camargo


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

我們折疊床單的雙手
輕輕地碰觸
朵朵櫻花

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

我们折叠床单的双手
轻轻地碰触
朵朵樱花


Bio Sketch

Claire Vogel Camargo, a late-blooming poet, dove into haiku in 2015. Winner of a few awards, member of the Austin Poetry Society Board and British Haiku Society, publishing credits include Presence, Hedgerow, Failed Haiku, World Haiku Review, and her book, Iris Opening. She and her ice sculptor husband love dogs.

Butterfly Dream: Winter Prom Haiku by Claire Vogel Camargo

English Original

swirling snowflakes
clothe cactus in velvet shawl --
the winter prom

Under the Basho, November 2016

Claire Vogel Camargo


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

紛飛的雪花
給仙人掌披上天鵝絨披肩 --
冬天的舞會

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

纷飞的雪花
给仙人掌披上天鹅绒披肩 --
冬天的舞会


Bio Sketch

Claire Vogel Camargo, a late-blooming poet, dove into haiku in 2015. Winner of a few awards, member of the Austin Poetry Society Board and British Haiku Society, publishing credits include Presence, Hedgerow, Failed Haiku, World Haiku Review, and her book, Iris Opening. She and her ice sculptor husband love dogs.

Butterfly Dream: Bare Branches Haiku by Claire Vogel Camargo

English Original

bare branches
a raven weighing
moonlight

British Haiku Society Members’ Anthology, 2017

Claire Vogel Camargo


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

光禿的樹枝
一隻烏鴉衡量
月光之重

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

光秃的树枝
一只乌鸦衡量
月光之重


Bio Sketch

Claire Vogel Camargo, author of Iris Opening, an ekphrastic collection, has poems in Blithe Spirit, Brass Bell, Cattails, Lifting the Sky: Southwestern Haiku & Haiga, Presence, Texas Poetry Calendar, World Haiku Review, others. She is a member of the Austin Poetry Society Board of Directors and British Haiku Society.