Butterfly Dream: Funeral Haiku by Ling Ge

English Original

after the funeral ...

between us the sound

of snowfall

Acorn, 52, Fall 2024

Ling Ge

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

葬禮之後 ...

我們之間雪花飄落

的聲音

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

葬礼之后 ...

我们之间雪花飘落

的声音

Bio Sketch

Ling Ge is an immigrant author based in Toronto, Canada. She is the author of the chapbook, Snow Flowers (Anstruther Press, 2025).

Butterfly Dream: Still Pond Haiku by Ling Ge

English Original

still pond

water lilies bloom

on the crescent moon

Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2022

Ling Ge

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

靜止的池塘

睡蓮盛開

在蛾眉月上

Chinese Translation (Simplified) 

静止的池塘

睡莲盛开

在蛾眉月上

Bio Sketch

Ling Ge studies creative writing and works as a statistician in Toronto. She is a graduate of The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University. Her poems have appeared in Ribbons, Wales Haiku Journal, The Rising Phoenix Review, emerge 23, and are forthcoming in Pinhole Poetry.