Butterfly Dream: Turkey Vultures Haiku by Annette Makino

English Original

golden hills
turkey vultures circle the remains
of summer

First Place, UkiaHaiku Contest (2013)

Annette Makino


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

金色山陵
土耳其禿鷹圍繞
夏天的遺跡

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

金色山陵
土耳其秃鹰围绕
夏天的遗迹


Bio Sketch

Annette Makino is a poet and artist who combines Japanese ink paintings with original haiku and other words. She grew up with a Japanese father and a Swiss mother, and has lived in both Japan and Europe. Makino makes her home in Arcata, California with her husband, two children and a dog. She offers paintings, prints, books and greeting cards of her work through her art business, Makino Studios

Butterfly Dream: Winter Haiku by Lorin Ford

English Original

shades of winter --
my mother in the passage
between dreams

Frogpond, 35:3, Autumn 2012

Lorin Ford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

冬天陰影 --
我母親在夢與夢
之間的通道

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

冬天阴影 --
我母亲在梦与梦
之间的通道


Bio Sketch

Lorin Ford grew up between two homes, one by the beach and one in the bush. She has written ‘long’ poems but these days she focuses on haiku , both as a writer and as an editor. Her book, a wattle seedpod,(PostPressed 2008) is currently out of print but short collections of her work can be accessed at the Snapshot Press website and via her bio on the editors’ page .

Butterfly Dream: Shrinking Shadows Haiku by Alegria Imperial

English Original

somehow
our shrinking shadows touch --
harvest moon

Dottie Dot Awards, Haiku Bandit Society, September 2011

Alegria Imperial


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

不知何故
我們萎縮的陰影相互碰觸 --
中秋月

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

不知何故
我们萎缩的阴影相互碰触 --
中秋月


Bio Sketch

Alegria Imperial’s haiku for Haiku Foundation’s 2012 Haiku Competition was Commended in the traditional category. She has also won honorable mentions in the 2007 Vancouver Cherry Blossoms Festival Invitational Haiku and her tanka adjudged Excellent, 7th International Tanka Festival Competition 2012. Her poetry have been published in international journals among them A Hundred Gourds, The Heron’s Nest, LYNX, Notes from the Gean, eucalypt and GUSTS. Formerly of Manila Philippines, she now lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Butterfly Dream: Rest Home Haiku by Erik Linzbach

English Original

rest home garden
tomatoes rotting
on the vine

Modern Haiku, 44:2, Summer 2013

Erik Linzbach


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

安養院的花園
藤蔓上
腐爛的蕃茄

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

安养院的花园
藤蔓上
腐烂的蕃茄


Bio Sketch

Erik Linzbach's poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. Besides writing, he enjoys cooking, reading and playing chess.

Butterfly Dream: First Bra Haiku by Hristina Pandjaridis

English Original

buds on the apple tree
my daughter trying on
her first bra

Hristina Pandjaridis


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

蘋果樹上的花蕾
我女兒試穿
她的第一件胸罩

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

苹果树上的花蕾
我女儿试穿
她的第一件胸罩


Bio Sketch

Hristina Pandjaridis was born in the spring in Bulgaria, but her favorite season is autumn. She graduated with a journalism degree and used to work as a journalist for a town’s newspaper. Hristina Pandjaridis co-authored one novel, and another is soon to be published. She writes short stories, poems, book reviews, and plays. She fell in love with haiku four years ago. Now, she lives in France (trans. by Vessislava Savova)

Butterfly Dream: Visual Sombrero Haiku by LeRoy Gorman

English Original                        

                           no
                          way
                        to see
                          the
                      mountain
(((((((((((((((((sombrero)))))))))))))))))

Modern Haiku, 38:3, Autumn 2007

LeRoy Gorman


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

                          沒
                        辦法
                        看到
                        這座
                          山
(((((((((((((((((闊邊帽)))))))))))))))))

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

                        没
                      办法
                      看到
                      这座
                         山
(((((((((((((((((阔边帽)))))))))))))))))


Bio Sketch

LeRoy Gorman writes mostly minimalist and visual poetry.  His most recent book, fast enough to leave this world, is one of tanka published by Inkling Press, Edmonton.  More information on his writing can be found at the American Haiku Archives where he served as the Honorary Curator for 2012-2013.

Butterfly Dream: Rocking Chair Haiku by Diana Teneva

English Original

on the porch
a chair rocking
the waning moon 
           
A Hundred Gourds, 2:3, June 2013

Diana Teneva


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

在門廊上

一把椅子不停地

搖晃殘月

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在门廊上
一把椅子不停地
摇晃残月


Bio Sketch

Diana Teneva is a Bulgarian writer. Her poems have been published in many journals, including  Sketchbook – A Journal for Eastern and Western Short Forms, World Haiku Review, The Heron’s Nest, The Mainichi - Haiku in English, Asahi Haikuist Network by The Asahi Shimbun, A Hundred Gourds, Shamrock - Haiku Journal of the Irish Haiku Society,  and Chrysanthemum. Some of them are translated into Russian, French, English, Italian, Spanish and Croatian.

Butterfly Dream: New Year's Morning Dew Haiku by Damir Janjalija

English Original

in five-seven-five
I compact confusing thoughts ...
New Year's morning dew

Simply Haiku, 10:3, Spring/Summer 2013

Damir Janjalija


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

我將混亂的想法
壓縮成五-七-五音節形式 ...
新年的晨露

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

我将混乱的想法
压缩成五-七-五音节形式 ...
新年的晨露


Bio Sketch

Damir Janjalija, aka Damir Damir, was born in 1977 in Kotor, Montenegro. He is a sailor, a wanderer, and a poet who wakes up every morning to a different now. He published a bilingual haiku book, Imprints of dreams, in 2012.

Butterfly Dream: Paper Boat Haiku by Pravat Kumar Padhy

English Original

first rain
the paper boat carries
my childhood

Asahi Haikuist Network, May 31 2013

Pravat Kumar Padhy


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

第一場雨
這紙船承載
我的童年

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

第一场雨
这纸船承载
我的童年


Bio Sketch

Born in India, poems widely published and anthologized. Works referred in Spectrum History of Indian Literature in English, Alienation in Contemporary Indian English Poetry etc. Poems awarded high acclamations by Writer’s Guild of India and Editors’ Choice awards. Pravat Kumar Padhy's  Japanese short form of poetry appeared in many international journals and anthologies. Songs of Love: A celebration is his third collection of verse by Writers Workshop, Calcutta. Featured in The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India, to be published by Hidden Brook Press, Canada, 2014

Butterfly Dream: Horizon Haiku by Lorin Ford

English Original

harvest moon
the horizon between here
and hereafter

1st Prize, Katikati Haiku Competition 2012

Lorin Ford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

中秋月
在此及以外之間
的地平線

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

中秋月
在此及以外之间
的地平线


Bio Sketch

Lorin Ford grew up between two homes, one by the beach and one in the bush. She has written ‘long’ poems but these days she focuses on haiku , both as a writer and as an editor. Her book, a wattle seedpod,(PostPressed 2008) is currently out of print but short collections of her work can be accessed at the Snapshot Press website and via her bio on the editors’ page.

Butterfly Dream: Ashes Haiku by Sylvia Forges-Ryan

English Original

scattering his ashes            
the moon              
in bits and pieces

First Prize, 1993 Harold G. Henderson Award

Sylvia Forges-Ryan


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

潑灑他的骨灰
月亮變成
零零碎碎的

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

泼灑他的骨灰
月亮变成
零零碎碎的


Bio Sketch  

Sylvia Forges-Ryan is internationally known for her poetry in Japanese forms, including haiku, senryu, tanka and renku, which have been translated into numerous languages. Her awards include a Grand Prix Poetry Prize from the Atomic Bomb Memorial Committee, Kyoto, Japan, The R.H. Blyth Award from the World Haiku Society, the Harold G. Henderson Award, and First Place in both the Ukiah Haiku Festival Contest and in the Robert Frost Haiku Competition. She is  co-author of Take a Deep Breath: The Haiku Way to Inner Peace, published in hardcover by Kodansha International, with a Russian translation published by Sophia Press. and a paperback edition from Apocryphile Press. From 1991 through 1993 she was the Editor of Frogpond, the international journal of the Haiku Society of America.   

Butterfly Dream: Swing Haiku by Ramesh Anand

English Original

autumn twilight
my parents in silence
on the swing

The Mainichi Daily, 2012

Ramesh Anand


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

秋天的黃昏
我的父母沉默著
坐在鞦韆上

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

秋天的黄昏
我的父母沉默著
坐在鞦韆上


Bio Sketch

Ramesh Anand authored Newborn Smiles, a book of haiku poetry published by Cyberwit.Net Press. His haiku has appeared in many publications, across 14 countries, including Bottle Rockets Press, ACORN, Magnapoets, The Heron's Nest, SouthbySoutheast and Frogpond. His haiku has been translated into German, Serbian, Japanese, Croatian, Romanian, Telugu and Tamil. His tanka has been published in Tinywords, Kernels Online and Bamboo Hut. He blogs at Ramesh-inflame.blogspot.com

Butterfly Dream: Fading Light Haiku by Bob Lucky

English Original

fading light
dad tells the only story
he remembers  

                                             

Modern Haiku, 41.2, Summer 2010

Bob Lucky 


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

天色漸晚
爸爸訴說唯一
記得的故事

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

天色渐晚
爸爸诉说唯一
记得的故事


Bio Sketch

Bob Lucky teaches at the International Community School of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. His work has appeared in numerous journals, including Rattle, The Prose-Poem Project, Emerald Bolts, Modern Haiku, Presence, Ribbons, Eucalypt, and Atlas Poetica. He is co-author of the chapbook my favorite thing. 

Butterfly Dream: Night Storm Haiku by Nola Borrell

English Original

night storm
her waters
                        break

Commended,  NZPS International Haiku Contest 2008

Nola Borrell 


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

暴風夜

她的羊水
                       破了 

Chinese Translation (Simplified) 

暴风夜

她的羊水
                       破了 


Bio Sketch

Nola Borrell has had haiku published in New Zealand and overseas since the mid 1990s, and has won various awards. Her work has appeared in NZ journals and anthologies, Australia, US, UK, Croatia, Slovenia, Roumania, Japan and Algeria and online. Nola co-edited (with Karen P Butterworth) the taste of nashi - New Zealand Haiku (Windrift, 2008). Her chapbook this wide sky was published in 2012 (Puriri Press). Nola is a member of Zazen, an international haiku workshop.

Butterfly Dream: Graveyard Haiku by Máire Morrissey-Cummins

English Original

graveyard visit
a spider's web glitters
in a broken vase

Sketchbook, 2012

Máire Morrissey-Cummins


Chinese Translation (Traditional)
墓地探訪 
蜘蛛網閃爍
在一個破碎的花瓶

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

墓地探访
蜘蛛网闪烁
在一个破碎的花瓶


Bio Sketch

Máire Morrissey-Cummins is from Ireland and was named in the top 100 European Creative Haiku list of 2012. She has been published in Bamboo Dreams and is a member of Haiku Ireland and the Irish Haiku Society.

Butterfly Dream: Autumn Nap Haiku by Keitha Keyes

English Original

autumn nap --
sunlight
combs my hair

FreeXpression, August 2010

Keitha Keyes


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

秋日午睡 --
陽光
梳理我的頭髮

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

秋日午睡 --
阳光
梳理我的头髮


Bio Sketch

Keitha Keyes lives in Sydney but her heart is still in the Australian bush where she grew up. Keitha mostly writes haiku and tanka and related genres, revelling in the inspiration, friendship and generosity of these writing communities. Her work appears in Eucalypt, Kokako, Moonbathing, Simply Haiku, GUSTS, Ribbons, red lights, A Hundred Gourds, Take Five, Atlas Poetica, Lynx, FreeXpression, Evening Breeze, Windfall and several other anthologies.

Butterfly Dream: Twilight Haiku by Asni Amin

English Original

alone at twilight...
sound of a mosquito
and unfinished dream

Asni Amin


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

獨自在黃昏...
一隻蚊子的聲音
和未完成的夢想

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

独自在黄昏...
一只蚊子的声音
和未完成的梦想


Bio Sketch  

Asni Amin lives in Singapore and works as a librarian in a school.  She started writing haiku in 2012 and has her works published in Simply Haiku and various other ebooks on line.   

Butterfly Dream: Morning Mist Haiku by George Swede

English Original

morning mist…
disconnected thoughts search
for conjunctions   

Modern Haiku, 2013, 44.2

George Swede


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

晨霧...
斷續的思維
尋求連結

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

晨雾...
断续的思维
寻求连结


Bio Sketch

George Swede's most recent collections of haiku are Almost Unseen (Decatur, IL: Brooks Books, 2000) and Joy In Me Still (Edmonton: Inkling Press, 2010). He is a former editor of Frogpond: Journal of the Haiku Society of America (2008-2012) and a former Honorary Curator of the American Haiku Archives (2008-2009).

Butterfly Dream: Tattered Moon Haiku by Pamela A. Babusci

English Original

after the divorce
a tattered moon
in every window

Distinguished Work Prize, 5th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest

Pamela A. Babusci


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

離婚後
破碎的月亮
在每一個窗口

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

离婚後
破碎的月亮
在每一个窗口


Bio Sketch

Pamela A. Babusci  is an internationally award winning haiku, tanka poet and haiga artist. Some of her awards include: Museum of Haiku Literature Award, International Tanka Splendor Awards, First Place Yellow Moon Competition (Aust) tanka category,  First Place Kokako Tanka Competition,(NZ) First Place Saigyo Tanka Awards (US), Basho Festival Haiku Contests (Japan).  Pamela has illustrated several books, including: Full Moon Tide: The Best of Tanka Splendor Awards, Taboo Haiku, Chasing the Sun, Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka, and A Thousand Reasons 2009. Pamela was the founder and now is the solo Editor of Moonbathing: a journal of women’s tanka; the first all women’s tanka journal in the US. 

Butterfly Dream: Chrysalis Haiku by Marilyn Humbert

English Original

a chrysalis
waits for spring
autistic son
  
Windfall, 1, 2013

Marilyn Humbert


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一個蛹
在等待春天
自閉症兒子

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一个蛹
在等待春天
自闭症儿子


Bio Sketch

Marilyn Humbert lives in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney NSW surrounded by bush. Her pastimes include writing free verse poetry, tanka, tanka prose and related genre. She is the leader of Bottlebrush Tanka Group and member of the Huddle and Bowerbird Tanka Groups. Her tanka appears in Australian and International Journals.