Butterfly Dream: Silhouetted Dragonfly and the Moon Haiku by Martin Gottlieb Cohen

English Original

silhouetted dragonfly
reeds pierce the moon

The Mainichi Daily News, May 30, 2009

Martin Gottlieb Cohen


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

陰影中的蜻蜓

蘆葦刺穿月亮

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

阴影中的蜻蜓

芦苇刺穿月亮

Bio Sketch

Martin Gottlieb Cohen was born in the South Bronx somewhere on Simpson Street, went to a Yeshiva on East Broadway and Canal Street, and then lived in the South of Brooklyn, the South of Long Island, The Southern Tier of Upstate New York, The South of Manhattan, and finally South Jersey in Egg Harbor

Butterfly Dream: Slum Haiku by Martin Gottlieb Cohen

English Original

this slum with a moon in every puddle

Presence, 43, January 2011

Martin Gottlieb Cohen


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

這個貧民窟每個水坑裡面都有一個月亮

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

这个贫民窟在每个水坑里面都有一个月亮


Bio Sketch

Martin Gottlieb Cohen was born in the South Bronx somewhere on Simpson Street, went to a Yeshiva on East Broadway and Canal Street, and then lived in the South of Brooklyn, the South of Long Island, The Southern Tier of Upstate New York, The South of Manhattan, and finally South Jersey in Egg Harbor

Butterfly Dream: Mountain Lake Haiku by Martin Gottlieb Cohen

English Original

mountain lake
the night air fills the loon's call

tinywords, August 27, 2007

Martin Gottlieb Cohen


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

高山湖泊
夜空充滿潛水鳥的鳴叫聲

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

高山湖泊
夜空充满潜水鸟的鸣叫声

Bio Sketch

Martin Gottlieb Cohen was born in the South Bronx somewhere on Simpson Street, went to a Yeshiva on East Broadway and Canal Street, and then lived in the South of Brooklyn, the South of Long Island, The Southern Tier of Upstate New York, The South of Manhattan, and finally South Jersey in Egg Harbor

Butterfly Dream: Shooting Star Haiku by Martin Gottlieb Cohen

English Original

in the length of a breath shooting star

EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration, 2015

Martin Gottlieb Cohen


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

在吸吐氣息之間一顆流星

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在吸吐气息之间一颗流星

Bio Sketch

Martin Gottlieb Cohen was born in the South Bronx somewhere on Simpson Street, went to a Yeshiva on East Broadway and Canal Street, and then lived in the South of Brooklyn, the South of Long Island, The Southern Tier of Upstate New York, The South of Manhattan, and finally South Jersey in Egg Harbor