Butterfly Dream: Last Sight Haiku by Kelley Jean White

English Original

last sight of you ...
grass growing through gaps
in a fallen millstone

Kelley Jean White


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

見你最後一眼 ...
綠草穿過掉落磨石
的間隙

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

见你最後一眼 ...
绿草穿过掉落磨石
的间隙


Bio Sketch

Pediatrician Kelley Jean White worked in inner city Philadelphia and now works in rural New Hampshire. Her poems have appeared in journals including Exquisite Corpse, Rattle and JAMA.  Her most recent books are TOXIC ENVIRONMENT (Boston Poet Press) and TWO BIRDS IN FLAME (Beech River Books.) She received a 2008 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant.

Butterfly Dream: Old Barn Haiku by Kelley Jean White

English Original

sipping maple soda
under the eaves of the old barn
faint scent of lavender

Kelley Jean White


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

在舊穀倉屋簷下
啜飲楓葉蘇打
薰衣草的清香

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在旧穀仓屋簷下
啜饮枫叶苏打
薰衣草的清香 


Bio Sketch

Pediatrician Kelley Jean White worked in inner city Philadelphia and now works in rural New Hampshire. Her poems have appeared in journals including Exquisite Corpse, Rattle and JAMA.  Her most recent books are TOXIC ENVIRONMENT (Boston Poet Press) and TWO BIRDS IN FLAME (Beech River Books.) She received a 2008 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant.

Butterfly Dream: Last Patient Haiku by Kelley Jean White

English Original

last patient, Friday afternoon
I cup a newborn’s head
in a single hand

Kelley Jean White


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

週五下午最後一個病人，
我用單手托住
一個新生兒的頭

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

週五下午最後一个病人，
我用单手托住
一个新生儿的头


Bio Sketch

Pediatrician Kelley Jean White worked in inner city Philadelphia and now works in rural New Hampshire. Her poems have appeared in journals including Exquisite Corpse, Rattle and JAMA.  Her most recent books are TOXIC ENVIRONMENT (Boston Poet Press) and TWO BIRDS IN FLAME (Beech River Books.) She received a 2008 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant.

Butterfly Dream: Pit Bull Puppy Haiku by Kelley Jean White

English Original

pit bull puppy
dragging his owner along
by a chain

Kelley Jean White


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

小鬥牛犬
藉由狗鏈
拖著他的主人走

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

小鬥牛犬
藉由狗链
拖著他的主人走


Bio Sketch

Pediatrician Kelley White worked in inner-city Philadelphia and now works in rural New Hampshire. Her poems have appeared in journals including Exquisite Corpse, Rattle and JAMA.  Her most recent books are TOXIC ENVIRONMENT (Boston Poet Press) and TWO BIRDS IN FLAME (Beech River Books.) She received a 2008 PCA grant.